By doing so, we can cut the deficit in half over the next five years.
They would cut the deficit by $28 billion, or about 2 percent.
He would cut the deficit and get the economy going.
He said the plan would cut the deficit by only $10 billion a year.
But haven't administration officials said they'll cut the deficit in half by 2008?
In my first two years as President, we turned this around and cut the deficit by one third.
The vote on the plan, which would cut the deficit by a total of $14.4 billion, was 206 to 205.
The tax was part of an effort to cut the state's growing budget deficit, which is now nearly $15 billion.
The administration claims to have a plan to cut the deficit in half over the next five years.
Just two years ago it was an open question whether we would find the strength to cut the deficit.
