Claim: On April 20, President Barack Obama caused a bit of a splash when he gathered members of his Cabinet and directed them to cut  $100 million in expenses within the next 90 days. Now that sounds like a lot of money. And we're not ones to complain about cutting costs when the Congressional Budget Office estimated the deficit to be $1.2 trillion in 2009 alone — and that was before accounting for the cost of the stimulus bill.
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Verdict: on april 20, president barack obama caused a bit of a splash when he gathered members of his cabinet and directed them to cut  $100 million in expenses within the next 90 days. now that sounds like a lot of money. and we're not ones to complain about cutting costs when the congressional budget office estimated the deficit to be $1.2 trillion in 2009 alone — and that was before accounting for the cost of the stimulus bill.
Organisation: FactCheck.org
Author: Joe Miller
Date published: 2009-05-07T18:48:21