Let me just ask a quick question. Going back to the vote in August, am I correct in saying that that deficit reduction bill added a trillion dollars to our debt, making the total--we are right at $4.5 trillion, and we are going to be close to $6 trillion.
Questioning the impact of a deficit reduction bill on national debt.
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