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Kirk Says Change is Needed Now
(IRN)-After a visit to the Bureau of Public Debt, an Illinois senator says it is time to change the way things are done in Washington.

U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) says he and five other Republican senators witnessed how the nation's debt is being handled, and they didn’t like what they saw. "Frankly what we saw was worrying," Kirk said. "The United States is going to borrow $1.5 trillion this year.” He says a lot of that money will come from foreign governments, something Kirk doesn't like to see.

As for talk of reaching the debt ceiling possibly as early as April, Kirk says there are anti-spending reforms that can happen so as not to raise the ceiling. Kirk says there must be a balanced budget amendment, a ban on earmarks, line item veto authority and rolling back government spending to 2008 levels.

(Source: Illinois Radio Network)
02 12 11 by Newsroom
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