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Julian Bond: “The CBO said the only way the President's numbers get to a balance in 2002 is if an automatic trigger clicks in and cuts…”

On the recordMay 16, 1996
The CBO said the only way the President's numbers get to a balance in 2002 is if an automatic trigger clicks in and cuts 10 percent of discretionary spending in 2001 and 18 percent in 2002. I am simply asking whether that chart--and I did not prepare the chart--does that chart present the President's number assuming no trigger or assuming a trigger? Which way is it?
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Julian Bond
Alabama

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Questioning the assumptions behind the President's budget projections during a discussion on fiscal policy.

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