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U.S. Senate Documents
March 4, 2014
Contact: Stephen Miller, Andrew Logan: 202.228.0575
THE PRESIDENT'S FY 2015 BUDGET:
Growing The Government And Shrinking The Middle Class
Spending Surges
* We're not in an "era of austerity." Since 2009, we've added $6.8 trillion to the debt and spent $17.6 trillion.
* The President's budget increases spending by $791 billion over 10 years and by $56 billion in 2015 above the Murray-Ryan spending agreement that he signed into law just two months ago.
* His budget will increase total spending by 63 percent from today's levels over the next 10 years.