Tuesday
Dec202011
Clinton: Gingrich Overstating Role In Balancing Budget
Tuesday, December 20, 2011 at 3:25PMFormer President Bill Clinton accused his former adversary Newt Gingrich Tuesday of overstating his involvement in balancing the federal budget during the 90s.
When asked during an interview on NBC, Clinton explained that the major contributing factor for the surplus was opposed by then-Speaker Gingrich.
“I had a decent working relationship with him,” Clinton said. “But the vast lion’s share of balancing the budget was done in the budget of 1993 that he led the opposition to.”
Clinton did acknowledge however that the two politicians successfully crafted five budgets that “worked out pretty well for the American people.”
The interview can be seen here.
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