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New Democratic members of the House of Representatives sat down for a round-table discussion to talk about trending topics in the news of th… read more
New Democratic members of the House of Representatives sat down for a round-table discussion to talk about trending topics in the news of the day. Representative-Elect Peter Hoagland (D-Nebraska) said that his major priority was to reduce the deficit at the rate of 30-40 billion dollars a year. He also said that it was clear that the number one domestic issue for the new congress was to balance the budget. Representative-Elect Ben Jones (D-Georgia) said that the budget could be balanced by a combination of enhanced revenues and spending cuts.
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