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Max Baucus: This double-counting, frankly, is a bogus issue. It kind of sounds good on its face, but it is meant to confuse people.…

On the recordJanuary 21, 2010
This double-counting, frankly, is a bogus issue. It kind of sounds good on its face, but it is meant to confuse people. But even subsequent to that statement about the double-counting, even subsequent to that, is it not true that CBO came out with a subsequent letter that said still the budget deficit is reduced by $132 billion in the first 10 years and $650 billion to $1.3 trillion in the next 10 years?
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Max Baucus
Democratic · Montana
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govinfo.gov
Jan 21, 2010

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Senator Baucus addresses concerns about budget deficit projections related to double-counting.

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