On the recordMarch 9, 2004
As the gentleman probably remembers, last year when we voted on our budget for the United States, they projected a deficit at that point of a little north of $300 billion. Then they brought up the investment of $87 billion in Iraq after the fact, so it was not included in the budget, because it would have made the deficit look far worse. So this year we are going to vote on a budget that has a $500 billion-plus deficit, nearly half a trillion dollars, and then we will get the request for the war in Iraq, an additional $50 billion put on. It is basically playing real quick with the hands.
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