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Elizabeth Warren: Do you think the Congressional Budget Office just made up these numbers?

On the recordJanuary 21, 2015
Do you think the Congressional Budget Office just made up these numbers?
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Elizabeth Warren
Democratic · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Warren questions the credibility of the CBO's deficit increase estimate.

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