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Ron Johnson: “They only offered to cut $4 billion from a budget deficit…”

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

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Senator Ron Johnson Announces his Support for Senator Toomey's Budget

Published | Video Starts at 01:19

And we also need our Democratic colleagues in the Senate and in the House to get serious. And evidence of their lack of seriousness is the fact that They only offered to cut $4 billion from a budget deficit that totaled $1,650 billion. I mean, that's simply not serious. So I am happy to co sponsor this budget that Senator Toomey has proposed. It is a serious budget. (01:19–01:28)

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Asserts that Democrats proposed cutting only $4 billion from a $1,650 billion budget deficit.

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