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On the recordJanuary 23, 2017
The last time we had a balanced budget... was fiscal years 1998 to 2001, the last four budgets of the Clinton Administration.
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Tom Carper
Democratic · Delaware

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Carper references historical balanced budgets during Clinton's presidency.

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