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Mike Simpson: “This is not tough-love. This is continuing the path we are currently on with no future balanced budget ever, in this…”

On the recordFebruary 14, 2011
This is not tough-love. This is continuing the path we are currently on with no future balanced budget ever, in this proposal, and the American people are rejecting it, frankly.
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Mike Simpson
Republican · Idaho

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Simpson criticizes the budget proposal for lacking a plan for future balance.

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