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On the recordMarch 9, 2011
We are now facing yet another record Federal deficit at $1.6 trillion, and the budget we recently received from the President would double the national debt, to more than $26 trillion, by the end of the decade.
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Mike Crapo
Republican · Idaho

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Mike Crapo discusses the record federal deficit and budget concerns.

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