03/21/2016
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"In January 2001, CBO estimated that the total budget surplus for 2002 to 2011 would be $5.6 trillion, surplus."
"The total deficit over that 10-year period amounted to $6.1 trillion, a swing of $11.7 trillion from January 2001 and its projections."
"Many of the most senior Members of this Committee routinely voted to raise the debt ceiling during those years."
"Instead, after years of reckless spending and tax cuts, the Federal Government ran deficits from 2002 until 2011."