Reduce the federal deficit to stabilize the national debt

Smucker supports a bipartisan effort to reduce the federal deficit to 3 percent of gross domestic product or less by fiscal year 2036. He has called for working through policy differences to establish that goal and put the national debt on a more stable path.

Context: The passage identifies a target, but does not specify the spending or revenue changes to reach it.

In their own words

reducing the federal deficit to 3 percent of GDP or less by fiscal year 2036.

The source

Lloyd Smucker: official policy priorities

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