Pew Center on the States
Research Director for the Pew Center on the States
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Kil Huh
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FROM Kil Huh
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States Making Plans for Federal Default Prospects for resolving the debt-ceiling crisis are changing day-by-day — almost hour-by-hour. In the meantime, the 50 states, many with budget problems of their own, are bracing for a federal default. Kil Huh is Research Director at the Pew Center on the States .
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