Deficit hawk

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Deficit hawk is an American political slang term for those who place great emphasis on keeping the federal budget under control, and deficits low. John McCain of Arizona and George Voinovich of Ohio are now perhaps the best-known deficit hawks in the United States Senate, as were Sens. Warren Rudman of New Hampshire, Phil Gramm of Texas and Fritz Hollings of South Carolina during their years in the Senate.