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President Obama is ‘Mr. $20 Trillion’

With the signing of the Congressional budget deal on November 2 and sale of at least another $1.5 trillion in Treasury debt before he leaves office, President Obama will have earned title: “Mr. $20 Trillion.”

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Sen. Sessions, Rep. Brooks Warn of Budget Deal Tricks

“The proposed debt deal takes as much as $150 billion from the Social Security Trust Fund for retirees and transfers the cash to the fraud-ridden disability program,” Sen. Sessions and Rep. Brooks write. “There is no ‘surplus’ in the retirement Trust Fund to spend somewhere else – Social Security will be insolvent by 2034 and has a $9.4 trillion unfunded liability.”

House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-WI) heads to the floor for a vote following a GOP conference meeting in the U.S. Capitol October 26, 2015 in Washington, DC. The White House and House Republicans may be nearing a two-year budget deal, according to published reports, that would avert a government shudown, increase defense spending by $80 billion and extend the debt limit to March 2017, clearing it away until after the 2016 elections. ()

Exclusive — Rand Paul: If Paul Ryan Doesn’t Stop Budget Bill Now, Freedom Caucus Should Consider Blocking Him For Speaker

Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY), a 2016 GOP presidential candidate, tells Breitbart News in an exclusive email interview that he thinks members of the House Freedom Caucus should consider withdrawing their previous support for a Speakership bid from Ways and Means Committee chairman Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) unless Ryan can stop the giant budget and debt ceiling deal that’s before Congress.

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With Budget Deal on Table, Obama Slams Republicans

Less than 24 hours after agreeing to a two-year budget deal with the Republican Congress, President Barack Obama slammed Republicans for budget cuts, telling police chiefs in Chicago that they had tried to cut funding for police.

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Paul Ryan’s New Chief of Staff’s Current Employer Praises John Boehner-Mitch McConnell-Barack Obama Budget, Debt Deal

The current employer of the new chief of staff for Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI), the Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC), is praising the giant spending increasing, debt lifting budget and debt ceiling deal that President Barack Obama, outgoing House Speaker John Boehner, and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell negotiated behind closed doors.