Spendthrift: Clinton sought $226 billion a year as senator

Published May 28, 2015 4:27pm ET



As a New York senator, Hillary Clinton sought an average of $226 billion in annual spending and backed so few spending cuts that her spend-to-cut ratio was $892-$1, according to the National Taxpayers Union Foundation.

The foundation, which analyzes the spending practices of potential candidates, just issued their Clinton report and found that her advocacy for spending was higher than the average Democratic senator during her years, 2001-2009.

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