claim: "the federal government is now on track" for the second-largest budget deficit "in 65 years."
author: glenn beck
evidence_1: jun 30, 2011 ... "the federal government is now on track" for the second-largest budget deficit "in  65 years," beck said. he's right. we rated that true. of our 23 fact-checks of  glenn beck, here's the breakdown: true, 2; mostly true, 1; half true 5; barely  true, 4; false, 6, and pants on fire, 5. this not a goodbye for beck.
evidence_2: jan 19, 2017 ... take a look at which presidents were in office for the largest budget deficits in  u.s. history and how the responsibility for the spending is determined. ... the  laws governing the federal fiscal year are the reason that a second way to look at  budget deficits is on a year-by-year basis. in years when a new ...
evidence_3: the measure of the public debt is the value of the outstanding treasury securities  at a point of time that have been issued by the treasury and other federal  government agencies. the terms national deficit and national surplus usually  refer to the federal government budget balance from year to year, not the  cumulative total.
evidence_4: cbo and the jct estimate that, by itself, repealing the mandate would reduce  federal deficits by about $338 billion over the 2018–2027 period and increase  the ... taxes, and penalties associated with health insurance coverage for people  under age 65 will result in a net subsidy from the federal government of $705  billion in ...
evidence_5: jan 13, 2017 ... here's a quick overview of some of the most important proposals outlined by gov.  jerry brown in the budget he presented to the legislature on tuesday.