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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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