Most Lawmakers’ Votes Contributed to the Federal Deficit

75%

Of lawmakers currently serving in Congress voted for at least one — and in most cases more than one — of three policies that contributed to one-third of the $12.7 trillion swing from projected surpluses to real debt: President Bush’s 2001 and 2003 tax cuts, funding for the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, and President Obama’s 2009 stimulus bill, according to the Washington Post.

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