The Congressional Budget Office estimates the federal deficit for the current budget year is over seven hundred forty billion dollars, up over twenty three percent from last year and may end up over a trillion dollars by the end of the fiscal year in September.

South Dakota Senator John Thune says Congress can only easily control part of federal spending….

Thune says they will eventually have to do something about spending and the deficit….

Thune says the current budget is only a short term fix..

This years budget deal raises spending by over three hundred twenty billion dollars and moves the debt limit two years down the road.