SFGATE: GOP the party of deficit hawks? That was then.

SFGATE: GOP the party of deficit hawks? That was then.

GOP the party of deficit hawks? That was then. Published on February 09, 2018 at 08:10AM by By KEVIN FREKING and MATTHEW DALY, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans rode the tea party wave to power eight years ago on a message of fiscal responsibility and attacking budget deficits, and kept at it during President …