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.
The fiscal deficit had long hovered around 8 percent of GDP, but in October 1997 Prime Minister Viktor Chernomyrdin made a compromise with both the Communists in the Duma and business tycoon Boris Berezovsky that allowed for boosting the budget deficit rather than cutting it.