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Mike Simpson: “What the American people want to know is how much deficit are we going to add to our current deficit if we were to pass…”

On the recordFebruary 14, 2012
What the American people want to know is how much deficit are we going to add to our current deficit if we were to pass this blueprint this year, which I understand is $1.3 trillion.
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Mike Simpson
Republican · Idaho

Editor's note · Context

Simpson questions the impact of the proposed budget on the national deficit.

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