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Ron Johnson: “The CBO score for the Senate bill shows about $200 billion…”

Featuring: Ron Johnson, Republican | U.S. Senate, Wisconsin

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Sen. Johnson on MSNBC's Morning Joe

Published | Video Starts at 01:18

And so that's all I was asking for, guys, is we need more time, we need more information. And here's the good news. The CBO score for the Senate bill shows about $200 billion of additional deficit reduction. In order to have this thing passed to match with the House, we only need 119 billion. That $200 billion extra deficit reduction is going to give us a lot of leeway to make sure that we can get pass this bill. (01:18–01:26)

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Asserts that the Senate bill would result in approximately $200 billion in additional deficit reduction according to the CBO.

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