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Search results for "The national debt crossed 39 trillion for the first time last month"

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Jeb Bush stated on February 05, 2016 in a column posted on Medium.com:
"Barack Obama will somehow manage to add more than $8 trillion to the national debt, which is more debt than the 43 presidents who held office before him compiled together."
By Louis Jacobson• February 18, 2016
Reid Ribble stated on August 30, 2012 in an interview:
Says President Barack Obama "built this $16 trillion debt."
By Tom Kertscher• September 12, 2012
Nikki Haley stated on June 28, 2021 in a Facebook post:
“The national debt is now bigger than our economy. That hasn’t happened since World War Two – and we’re in peacetime. Joe Biden is digging a hole America can never fill.”
By Jason Asenso, Louis Jacobson• July 2, 2021
Ted Cruz stated on August 28, 2012 in his speech to the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Florida.:
Says our national debt is greater than our gross domestic product.
By W. Gardner Selby• August 29, 2012
Allen Buckley stated on July 13, 2016 in a campaign statement:
"U.S. Sen. Johnny Isakson has voted for $7 trillion of our national debt!"
By Jim Tharpe• August 10, 2016
Terry McAuliffe stated on May 26, 2011 in an appearance on MSNBC's Hardball with Chris Matthews.:
"China now owns $1.1 trillion of our debt, our trade deficit last year with them was a quarter of a trillion dollars."
By Wes Hester• May 3, 2011
Jim Justice stated on August 14, 2023 in a post on X:
"Credit card debt is above $1 trillion for the FIRST TIME EVER."
By Ashala Moseberry• October 19, 2023
National Republican Senatorial Committee stated on August 23, 2011 in a news release:
Sherrod Brown "has stood side by side" with President Barack Obama, presiding "over the most rapid increase in the debt over the last 2.5 years" and hurtling toward " the worst jobs record in the modern era."
By Stephen Koff• September 8, 2011
Rand Paul stated on May 06, 2020 in an interview:
$3 trillion for federal coronavirus stimulus packages is "being borrowed basically from China."
By Tom Kertscher• May 14, 2020
Scott Rigell stated on June 03, 2011 in a newsletter.:
"The (national) debt really added up $75 trillion in 2010 and is on track to hit $99 trillion this year."
By Sean Gorman• June 9, 2011
Eric Hovde stated on March 04, 2024 in Campaign video:
“Since the end of the 2020 fiscal year, President Biden and Senator Baldwin have added over $7.3 trillion of debt, more than the first 228 years of our nation’s history combined.”
By Hope Karnopp• March 14, 2024
George Voinovich stated on July 14, 2010 in a speech in the U.S. Senate:
"Last year, we borrowed $1.4 trillion -- or 41 cents of every dollar we spent. Over half of this debt is held by foreign investors."
By Stephen Koff• August 10, 2010
Mark Warner stated on December 06, 2010 in a floor speech.:
The national debt grew an estimated $15 billion last weekend.
By Wes Hester• December 9, 2010
Rahm Emanuel stated on January 18, 2009 in a news interview:
"We've added, in the last eight years, $4 trillion of debt to the nation's obligations."
By Angie Drobnic Holan• January 22, 2009
Mark Warner stated on May 29, 2014 in a speech.:
"Right now, America has $1.1 trillion of student debt. That’s more than credit card debt."
By Nancy Madsen• June 10, 2014
Jamie Radtke stated on January 17, 2011 in a news release:
George Allen voted for budgets that increased the national debt by $16,400 for every second he served in the U.S. Senate.
By Warren Fiske• January 24, 2011
Lindsey Graham stated on March 08, 2015 in a speech in Concord, N.H.:
"If you took every penny of the 1 percent, including their dog, you wouldn't even begin to balance the budget."
By Clay Wirestone• March 27, 2015
Barack Obama stated on February 15, 2011 in a press conference:
Under the White House’s budget proposal, "we will not be adding more to the national debt" by the middle of the decade.
By Louis Jacobson• February 15, 2011
Paul Ryan stated on July 06, 2011 in a radio interview:
Says the U.S. borrows "42 cents of every dollar Washington spends today and about half of that comes from countries like China."
By Tom Kertscher• July 15, 2011
John Boehner stated on September 04, 2012 in a news release:
"The president went on a stimulus-fueled spending binge that stuck every American man, woman and child with a $50,000 share of this $16 trillion debt."
By Tom Feran• September 19, 2012

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Ad Watch: GOP accuses Obama of breaking vows to improve economy

By Nancy Madsen• July 27, 2012

Gingrich: One web video, two false claims

By Louis Jacobson, Eric Stirgus• May 12, 2011

Top claims from the U.S. Senate race

By Nancy Madsen• November 4, 2014

Debt debate keeps the Truth-O-Meter whirling

By Warren Fiske• July 19, 2011

Gingrich: One web video, two false claims

By Louis Jacobson, Eric Stirgus• May 12, 2011

Fact-checking Joe Biden's 2023 State of the Union address

By PolitiFact Staff • February 8, 2023

Of debt, taxes and time travel

By Wes Hester• July 5, 2011

David Dewhurst video distorts journalists' statements about economy

By Meghan Ashford-Grooms• November 15, 2011

The new politics of the vote on the debt ceiling

By Angie Drobnic Holan• April 29, 2011

Fact-checking Chris Christie's keynote speech

By Bill Wichert• August 29, 2012

Trump voters wanted relief from medical bills. For millions, the bills are about to get bigger.

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Celebrating business and hard work on opening night in Tampa

By Molly Moorhead• August 29, 2012

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Debt vs. deficit: What’s the difference?

By Angie Drobnic Holan• February 27, 2014

Texas Truthiness in 2010

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Fact-checking Joe Biden’s final midterm rallies in Pennsylvania, New York, Florida

By Louis Jacobson• November 7, 2022