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Jeff Sessions: “We are spending 40 percent more than we take in.”

On the recordFebruary 27, 2012
We are spending 40 percent more than we take in.
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Jeff Sessions
Republican · Alabama

Editor's note · Context

Discussing unsustainable government spending and budget issues.

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