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gop tax law pushes budget deficit to $779 billion, highest since 2012

The increase is the wrong direction as Trump promised he would do on the campaign trail. Kevin Hassett, the chairman of White House's Council of Economic Advisers, promised Trump would release plan to get the deficit under control. ..

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