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Tom Carper: “The budget deficit would be reduced in the first 10 years by $130 billion and the second 10 years by $1 trillion.”

On the recordSeptember 24, 2017
The budget deficit would be reduced in the first 10 years by $130 billion and the second 10 years by $1 trillion.
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Tom Carper
Democratic · Delaware

Editor's note · Context

Carper cites CBO's projections on the Affordable Care Act's impact on the budget deficit.

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