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On the recordJune 2, 2009
This chart shows that when the Clinton administration came into office we made some tough choices and ran up a surplus that was to be surpluses, as far as the eye could see, kind of locked into the budget.
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Jim Langevin
Democratic · Rhode Island

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Langevin discusses the budget surplus achieved during the Clinton administration.

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