Deficit hawk is an American political slang term for those who place great emphasis on keeping the federal budget under control. Deficit hawks are fiscal conservatives that believe the best way to reduce the deficit/pay off national debt/balance the budget is by increasing taxes in addition to cutting government spending. Senator George Voinovich of Ohio is now perhaps the best-known deficit hawk currently in the United States Senate, as were Senators Warren Rudman of New Hampshire, Phil Gramm of Texas and Fritz Hollings of South Carolina and Bob Dole of Kansas during their years in the Senate. The Concord Coalition is a bipartisan political advocacy group made up of deficit hawks and is perhaps the largest and most influential political advocacy group dedicated to promoting fiscal responsibility.
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