Representative Scott (D-VA) told a whopper on the floor recently,

This chart shows the deficit over the years, how President Clinton took a $290 billion deficit and converted it into a $238 billion surplus, and as soon as this President came in, there has been a complete collapse.

The only thing President Clinton ever converted was the coloring of Monica’s dress. Clinton fought against every effort to balance the budget. It wasn’t until the Republicans shut down the government and forced him to the table that anything was accomplished. While Republicans were fighting to reign in government spending, liberal democrats like Max Sandlin (D-TX), who is still at this time a U.S. Representative, used the same old, worn out liberal playbook in his attack of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997.

I voted to protect seniors, children, low income workers, and Texas. While I strongly support the goal of the legislation to balance the Federal budget…I could not support this legislation.

“I support spending less, even when I don’t actually vote to do so! Please believe me!” Keep this in mind when Democrats complain about government spending. Another Bill Clinton will not reign in spending, the first one certainly made no effort to do so until a massive Republican takeover forced him too. Only true conservatism will solve this problem.

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