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Obama Has Now Increased Debt More than All Presidents from George Washington Through George H.W. Bush Combined By Terence P. Jeffrey October 5, 2011 Subscribe to Terence P. Jeffrey's posts (CNSNews.com) - The Obama administration passed another fiscal milestone this week, according to new data released by the Treasury Department. As of the close of business on Oct. 3, the total national debt was $14,837,099,271,196.71—up about $44.8 billion from Sept. 30. That means that in the less-than-three-years Obama has been in office, the federal debt has increased by $4.212 trillion--more than the total national debt of about $4.1672 trillion accumulated...

Sen. John McCain, Republican of Arizona, specifically ripped a member of his own party, as well as the tea party conservatives, on the Senate floor this afternoon. Here's what he said: I came to the floor a couple of days ago and made that comment, and the Senator from Illinois (Durbin) and I are in agreement, point number one. you can prioritize -- I think the Senator and every economist I know literally would agree. You can prioritize for awhile where you want what remaining money is left, but the message you send to the world, not just our markets...