| 21. | Reaction to the new budget deficit numbers broke along partisan lines.
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| 22. | The key is reducing the budget deficit without slashing public investment,
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| 23. | The underlying budget deficit excludes asset sales and state debt repayments.
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| 24. | The prospect of huge budget deficits lies just over the horizon.
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| 25. | Haytaian said reducing the national budget deficit must be a priority.
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| 26. | The size of the budget deficit was one aspect of that.
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| 27. | It was the third consecutive annual decline in the budget deficit.
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| 28. | The budget deficit will top the national agenda again next year.
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| 29. | The only lasting remedy is to reduce the federal budget deficit.
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| 30. | The budget deficit has been covered by dipping into peacekeeping funds.
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