1 A resolution censuring the President is not contemplated by the rules of the House. 2  This means it has no inherent privilege; it is not a question of the privileges of the House, nor is it a matter of personal privilege. 3  Thus, there is no framework for considering it.
The data shows that for fiscal year 2009, the deficit as a percentage of GDP was 9.8 percent, while the projected percentage for fiscal year 2014 is 3.7 percent. But the timing of the Office of Management and Budget figures donât coincide with Obama taking office.
Over the last 60 years, deficits as a percentage of the GDP have averaged 2.4 percent. The deficit was 3.2 percent in 2008, the year before Obama took office; and it was 1.2 percent the year before that. In other words, it had a long way to drop from 2009.