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Chris Murphy: “Annualized $400 billion operating deficits, the three largest operating deficits in the history of the Republic under…”

On the recordFebruary 7, 2008
Annualized $400 billion operating deficits, the three largest operating deficits in the history of the Republic under the Bush administration, Ms. Wasserman Schultz.
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Chris Murphy
Democratic · Connecticut

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Discussing the operating deficits during the Bush administration.

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