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Tom Carper: “As it turns out, with the kind of budget deficits we have today, it is hard to believe that we had three balanced…”

On the recordMay 23, 2012
As it turns out, with the kind of budget deficits we have today, it is hard to believe that we had three balanced budgets in a row in 1999, 2000 and 2001.
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Tom Carper
Democratic · Delaware

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Carper highlights the contrast between past surpluses and current deficits.

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