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U.S. House tanks balanced budget amendment as national debt tops $39T

(The Center Square) — The U.S. House tanked a balanced budget resolution to curb the federal government’s practice of racking up trillion-dollar deficits every year.

The failed Wednesday vote comes as federal spending pushed the national debt over $39 trillion, roughly $3 trillion higher than it was 12 months ago.

That means the U.S. government was adding nearly $89,000 per second to the national de…

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