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Cynthia Lummis: “Suppose if we froze spending of the Federal Government's budgets at 2009 level and then let the stimulus package…”

On the recordJune 2, 2009
Suppose if we froze spending of the Federal Government's budgets at 2009 level and then let the stimulus package continue to work, would that be a way to begin to address the deficit and the debt as well as allow the stimulus monies to continue to flow into the economy?
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Cynthia Lummis
Republican · Wyoming

Editor's note · Context

Lummis suggests freezing federal spending to manage the deficit while allowing stimulus to continue.

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