Last week, every House Republican but one and every Republican senator but two voted to vastly increase the deficit. House Republicans voted for a budget that cut spending by $2 trillion while instructing House committees to cut taxes by $4.8 trillion. Basic arithmetic tells us that this bill would increase the deficit by $2.8 trillion over the 10-year budget window.
So House Republicans, who would like to wear the mantle of deficit reduction, actually voted to increase the deficit by $2.8 trillion...
https://thehill.com/opinion/5239467-republicans-hiding-deficit/
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