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Don Nickles: Isn't it correct that under the President's budget, actually the deficit next year, according to the Congressional…

On the recordMarch 4, 1997
Isn't it correct that under the President's budget, actually the deficit next year, according to the Congressional Budget Office, will be $24 or $25 billion more than if we did not pass a budget? In other words, his budget actually increases the deficit for the next 4 years in relationship to present law?
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Don Nickles
Oklahoma

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Questioning the impact of the President's budget on the deficit during a floor debate.

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