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On the recordJuly 8, 2024
Is it a fact, Director Swagel, that projected primary spending, that is federal non-interest spending, is now lower than it was projected to be in 2012?
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Sheldon Whitehouse
Democratic · Rhode Island

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Whitehouse questions the current projections of federal non-interest spending.

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