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Mike Enzi: Federal spending has hit a record high. Revenues are at an historic height, as well. Yet, every year, we run deficits…

On the recordJanuary 27, 2015
Federal spending has hit a record high. Revenues are at an historic height, as well. Yet, every year, we run deficits that are on track to hit one trillion dollars.
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Mike Enzi
Republican · Wyoming

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Enzi highlights the contradiction of high spending and rising deficits.

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