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ProSense Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-19-10 10:27 AM
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"BREAKING: Dems offer largest deficit-reduction bill since '93 " (Where's the media?)

BREAKING: Dems offer largest deficit-reduction bill since '93

by Eclectablog

A Democrat-sponsored bill before the House of Representatives represents the most sweeping effort at deficit reduction in over a decade.

Said House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer:

It is the largest deficit reduction measure...since Clinton’s budget in 1993, which ushered in the great economy of the 1990s.

This historic move to lower the US deficit reduces it by $138 billion in just a single decade and is projected to save the country an unprecedented $1.2 TRILLION over the next 20 years according to Congressional Budget Office estimates released this week.

As usual, this impressive legislation to reduce our national deficit is being condemned across the board by Republicans.

Rep. Phil Gingrey (R-GA) said:

"It costs too much."

House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Tanfast) strangely suggested on Thursday that Americans should demand that Congress NOT lower the national deficit:

"It's not too late for the American people to continue to speak up. They need to yell a little louder, and we can stop this."

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) issued a direct threat to Democrats over their attempt to reduce the country's skyrocketing deficit:

"Every election this fall will be a referendum on this bill"

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Bonus: It's also historic health care reform.



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onehandle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-19-10 10:31 AM
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1. Hey, MSM! Democrats reduce deficits. Republicans explode them.
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ProSense Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-19-10 11:55 AM
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2. MSM complicity in action n/t
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