The result was not a reduction in the national deficit, he added, but an "enormous increase."

This national deficit is sitting on our shoulders just waiting to squash us.

Some Republicans thus criticized the idea for increasing the national deficit.

How would you like to see Congress address the national deficit?

Sounds like a hole the size of the national deficit.

Can we lower the national deficit by only cutting spending or increasing taxes?

Because the bill would add to the national deficit, at least 60 votes will be needed under Senate rules.

It is expected that over the next ten years the national deficit will be reduced by $138 billion dollars.

But local officials said more programs have become vulnerable each year as Congress has tried to chip away at the national deficit.

The issues that concern them most range from the national deficit to bad parenting.