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WASHINGTON (AP) \u2014 President Joe Biden plans to highlight deficit reduction in remarks at the White House, noting that the government will pay down the national debt this quarter for the first time in six years.<\/p>\n

Biden on Wednesday will emphasize how strong job gain<\/a> have increased total incomes and led to additional tax revenues that have improved the government’s balance sheet, said a White House official who insisted on anonymity to preview the president’s speech.<\/p>\n

Besides the quarterly reduction in the national debt, the Treasury Department budget estimates that this fiscal year’s budget will decline $1.5 trillion. That decrease marks an improvement from initial forecasts and would likely put the annual deficit below $1.3 trillion.<\/p>\n

The Democratic president has placed renewed emphasis on reduced reduction going into the midterm election<\/a>with administration officials saying that the burst of $1.9 trillion in coronavirus relief<\/a> approved in 2021 has already paid off in the form of faster growth that now makes it easier to stabilize government finances.<\/p>\n

Deficit reduction also matches a priority of US Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia<\/a>the key Democratic vote in the evenly split Senate who blocked the passage of Biden’s domestic and environmental agenda<\/a> in December. The reduction also occurs amid rising interest rates<\/a> on US Treasury notes, a consequence of running inflation at a 40-year peak<\/a> and the Federal Reserve’s efforts to reduce price pressures.<\/p>\n

It is unclear if greater fiscal responsibility can deliver politically for Biden as Democrats try to defend control of Congress. His two most recent Democratic predecessors, Bill Clinton and Barack Obama, also cut budget deficits, only to leave office and see their Republican successors use the savings on tax cuts<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Still, Biden hopes to draw a sharp contrast with former President Donald Trump, who he beat in 2020<\/a>. Trump, among a multitude of promises, pledged to lower the national debt yet failed to do so during any financial quarter of his presidency. Biden has repeatedly taken aim at that broken promise.<\/p>\n