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The U.S. federal deficit grew by 77% in ONE YEAR.
It’s $310 billion for the first four months of fiscal 2019, says the Treasury Department. washingtonpost.com/business/econo…
It’s $310 billion for the first four months of fiscal 2019, says the Treasury Department. washingtonpost.com/business/econo…
Mitch McConnell says the resolution to terminate Trump’s emergency declaration will “in all likelihood” pass Congress, then get a veto that will “almost certainly be sustained.”
Schumer pleads with Republicans to override Trump’s veto and stop his emergency declaration.
“No president — none — should be allowed to discard the Constitution on a whim and do an end-run around a coequal branch of government.”
“No president — none — should be allowed to discard the Constitution on a whim and do an end-run around a coequal branch of government.”
The deficit Obama inherited in FY2010 (excluding his stimulus) was $1.294 trillion. It fell to $666 billion, roughly cut in half, by FY2017 when he left office.
It's now on track to top $1 trillion in Trump's first term.
(sources bit.ly/2l62w9C bloom.bg/2FS4Ahn)
It's now on track to top $1 trillion in Trump's first term.
(sources bit.ly/2l62w9C bloom.bg/2FS4Ahn)
