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Charts from 2005
Building a Wall of Debt Under Bush Budget Policies 8/15/2005 SBC - Democratic Staff
Increase in Debt in 2005 is Far Greater Than the $331 Billion Deficit 8/15/2005 SBC - Democratic Staff	Annual Increase in Gross Debt Under Bush Budget with AMT Reform and Ongoing War Costs 7/13/2005 SBC - Democratic Staff	Publically Held Debt, Assuming Bush Budget Policies 4/28/2005 SBC - Democratic Staff
GOP Budget Conference Report Increases Debt Every Year Over Five-Year Period 4/28/2005 SBC - Democratic Staff	Top Ten Countries Holding Our National Debt 4/28/2005 SBC - Democratic Staff	Foreign Holdings of US Treasury Debt Have Doubled Under President Bush 4/28/2005 SBC - Democratic Staff
What do the Bush Administration's Irresponsible Fiscal Policies Mean? 3/14/2005 SBC - Democratic Staff	Top Ten Countries Holding Our National Debt 2/17/2005 SBC - Democratic Staff	Publically-Held Debt 2/17/2005 SBC - Democratic Staff
Publically-Held Debt 1/25/2005 SBC - Democratic Staff	What do the Bush Administration's Irresponsible Fiscal Policies Mean? 1/25/2005 SBC - Democratic Staff	Foreigners Purchased Virtually All of US Publicly-Held Debt Issued Last Year 1/25/2005 SBC - Democratic Staff
Charts from 2004
Debt Limit Increases More Than $2.2 Trillion Under President Bush 12/2/2004 SBC - Democratic Staff	Foreign Holdings of US Treasury Debt Have Increased 83 Percent Under President Bush 11/17/2004 SBC - Democratic Staff	Top Ten Countries Holding Our National Debt 11/17/2004 SBC - Democratic Staff
Top Ten Countries Holding Our National Debt 11/17/2004 SBC - Democratic Staff	Total Federal Interest Costs Soar Under Bush Policies 11/17/2004 SBC - Democratic Staff	Debt limit Increase More Than $2.2 Trillion Under President Bush 11/17/2004 SBC - Democratic Staff
Foreign Holdings of US Treasury Debt Have Increased 82 Percent Under President Bush 10/20/2004 SBC - Democratic Staff	Gross Federal Debt - Assuming Bush Tax Cuts Made Permanent, Bush Defense Buildup, AMT Reform, and Ongoing War Costs 10/20/2004 SBC - Democratic Staff	Gross Federal Debt - Assuming Bush Tax Cuts Made Permanent, Bush Defense Buildup, AMT Reform, and Ongoing War Costs 10/20/2004 SBC - Democratic Staff
Increase in Debt in 2004 is Far Greater Than the $413 Billion Deficit 10/20/2004 SBC - Democratic Staff	Foreign Holdings of US Treasury Debt Have Increased 79 Percent Under President Bush 9/23/2004 SBC - Democratic Staff	Top Ten Countries Holding Our National Debt 9/23/2004 SBC - Democratic Staff
Gross Federal Debt: Assuming Bush Tax Cuts Made Permanent, Defense Buildup, AMT reform, and Ongoing War Costs 9/23/2004 SBC - Democratic Staff	Increase in Debt in 2004 is Far Greater Than the $422 Billion Deficit 9/7/2004 SBC - Democratic Staff	Top Ten Countries Holding Our National Debt SBC - Democratic Staff
Top Ten Countries Holding Our National Debt SBC - Democratic Staff	House GOP Budget Increases Gross Debt by $596 Billion in FY 2009 SBC - Democratic Staff	Senate GOP Budget Increases Gross Debt by $563 Billion in FY 2009 SBC - Democratic Staff
Increase in Gross Debt Under GOP Plans Almost the Same as Under Bush Budget SBC - Democratic Staff	Gross Federal Debt - Assuming Extension of GOP Tax Cuts, AMT Reform, & Bush Defense Policies 2/5/2004 SBC - Democratic Staff	Gross Debt Increases by $633 Billion in FY 2009 2/5/2004 SBC - Democratic Staff
Top Ten Countries Holding Our National Debt 2/2/2004 SBC - Democratic Staff	What do Bush Admin.'s Irresponsible Fiscal Policies Mean? By 2009, Each Person's Share of the Debt will Total $35,283 2/2/2004 SBC - Democratic Staff	Gross Federal Debt: Assuming Extension of GOP Tax Cuts, AMT Reform, and Bush Defense Policiers 2/2/2004 SBC - Democratic Staff
Charts from 2003
Gross Federal Debt With Additional Budget Policies 9/3/2003 SBC - Democratic Staff	GOP Budget Conference Report Calls for Largest Debt Limit Increase Ever 4/11/2003 SBC - Democratic Staff	Total Federal Interest Costs Increase by $1.7 Trillion under GOP Conf. Report 4/11/2003 SBC - Democratic Staff
Gross Federal Debt Assuming Enactment of GOP Budget Conference Report 4/11/2003 SBC - Democratic Staff	Gross Federal Debt Assuming Enactment of Chairman's Mark 3/17/2003 SBC - Democratic Staff	Total Federal Interest Costs Increase by $1.7 Trillion 3/17/2003 SBC - Democratic Staff
Debt Held by the Public in 2008 3/17/2003 SBC - Democratic Staff
Charts from 2002
Debt Held by the Public 8/27/2002 SBC - Democratic Staff	President Bush on the Importance of Paying Down Debt 6/18/2002 SBC - Democratic Staff
Largest Increases in Debt Limit 6/18/2002 SBC - Democratic Staff	Bush Administration Moves Up Date it Will Hit Debt Ceiling 6/18/2002 SBC - Democratic Staff	Amounts Available to Pay Down Debt 2/27/2002 SBC - Democratic Staff
Amounts Available to Pay Down Debt 2/27/2002 SBC - Democratic Staff	GOP Fiscal Reversal: From Debt Free to $2.8 Trillion in Debt 1/23/2002 SBC - Democratic Staff	Total Federal Interest Costs Increase by $1 Trillion 1/23/2002 SBC - Democratic Staff
Charts from 2001
Debt Held by the Public SBC - Democratic Staff	Total Federal Interests Costs Increase by 91% SBC - Democratic Staff
Long Term Debt Outlook SBC - Democratic Staff	Components of National Debt SBC - Democratic Staff	A Mountain of Debt SBC - Democratic Staff
Alternative Debt Scenarios SBC - Democratic Staff	Debt Paydown $600 billion paid down FY '97 - FY '01 SBC - Democratic Staff	Gary Gensler on Debt Paydown Excerpt from NY Times SBC - Democratic Staff