Ahead of Expected House Budget Release, New CAP Brief Examines Congressional Leaders’ Selective Use of Deficit Hysteria

Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–July 17, 2017.  Ahead of the U.S. House budget release and markup this week, a new issue brieffrom the Center for American Progress examines the selective deficit hysteria employed by House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) and Republican congressional leaders. As CAP’s brief notes, Speaker Ryan and other leaders use excessive concern over federal budget deficits—or “fiscal…