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On the recordJuly 30, 2022
The Democrats played a budgetary trick, which is they took $400 billion in discretionary spending, and they shifted it to mandatory. The reason they did that is they want to spend $400 billion more discretionary funds on completely unrelated matters. And so it's just part of the out-of-control spending from the left.
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Ted Cruz
Republican · Texas

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Ted Cruz accuses Democrats of manipulating budgetary classifications to increase spending unrelated to veterans.

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