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Bobby Scott: “The budget would cut the deficit the President inherited by at least half at the end of his first term; and that is an…”

On the recordMarch 10, 2009
The budget would cut the deficit the President inherited by at least half at the end of his first term; and that is an important factor, too.
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Bobby Scott
Democratic · Virginia

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Scott discusses the budget's impact on reducing the inherited deficit.

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