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The federal budget was $3.8 trillion (with a "t") last year, and the deficit was $438 billion. Increasing the annual deficit by $100 million[1], or 0.02%, seems like a non-issue.

[1] $1 billion over 10 years is $100 million per year.




Agreed — it's a pretty weak reason to "strongly oppose" a bill, which is why I'm wondering how likely it would be for the Administration to change their position. Like, what percentage of the time do they issue a statement in strong opposition but then end up passing the bill anyway?




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