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Kent Conrad: “CBO's estimate showed the deficit in 2009 would be approximately $1.2 trillion, and that is before any policy changes.”

On the recordJanuary 7, 2009
CBO's estimate showed the deficit in 2009 would be approximately $1.2 trillion, and that is before any policy changes.
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Kent Conrad
Democratic · North Dakota

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Kent Conrad discusses the alarming deficit forecast for 2009.

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