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On the recordMarch 25, 2003
much has been made about deficits. I just want to know what the Senate has accomplished today--I should argue, what the Democrats have tried to accomplish. As you can see from these charts, this is a list of the Democratic amendments that were voted on today. They add up to a 10-year cost of $666 billion in brand new Federal spending, for which, as you can see by these votes, the vast majority of Democrats voted. If this amendment is agreed to, at least on the Democratic side, that number will go to $675 billion in new spending over the next 10 years. Compare that to what we want to do, which is a very modest reduction in taxes over those 10 years, and you see the same spending priorities versus giving money back to taxpayers--the same amount of money.
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Rick Santorum
Republican · Pennsylvania

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Discussing federal spending and tax reductions during Senate debate.

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