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A Cynical Budget Maneuver

By David Broder
WASHINGTON -- On June 30, the Congressional Budget Office issued its long-term outlook, predicting that deficits would come down for the next few years as the need for counterrecession spending eases and revenues improve. But then, it warned, "unsustainable" red ink would flow again, creating debts not seen since World War II. The very next day the House of Representatives passed a one-year... (Read Full Article)

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