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Steve Daines: “Our Federal budget has been balanced just five times in the past 50 years. This practice has resulted in our present $16…”

On the recordMarch 5, 2013
Our Federal budget has been balanced just five times in the past 50 years. This practice has resulted in our present $16 trillion-plus debt and it is simply unsustainable.
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Steve Daines
Republican · Montana

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Daines highlights the unsustainable nature of the federal budget and rising national debt.

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