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Lance Russell: “Mike Rounds left a $127 million deficit when he left office.”

Featuring: Lance Russell, Republican | Member, South Dakota Senate, District 30

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Lance Russell at Tea Party: Nelson for Senate!

Published | Video Starts at 12:42

If you look at 2011 Senate Bills 38 and 43, that's what those did. They dovetailed our insurance laws to Obamacare. And who put those pieces of legislation forward for the legislature? Mike Rounds left a $127 million deficit when he left office. to deal with. We had to cut 10% of our budget. Did you know that Mike Rounds, in the eight years he was governor, had one budget the spend millions … (12:42–12:53)

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Asserts that former Governor Mike Rounds left a $127 million deficit.

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