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Pat Ryan: it breaks the president's promise to cut the deficit in half by the end of his first term.

On the recordFebruary 14, 2012
it breaks the president's promise to cut the deficit in half by the end of his first term.
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Pat Ryan
Democratic · New York

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Claim that the budget fails to meet the president's deficit reduction promise.

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