The president's top economic advisor, Christina Romer,defended the administration's proposed spending blueprint, arguing that future economic growth will be more vibrant than the CBO assumes.

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"This is certainly a setback," Both Ablin and Romer appeared on Bloomberg Television.

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Romer appeared on Fox News Sunday. "When you get out five,10 years,they are assuming that real GDP [U.S.gross domestic product is only going to grow 2.2 or 2.3 percent a year,"

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Although June's total was higher than the number recorded in May, both figures are significantly lower than job-loss totals recorded at the beginning of the year a fact Romer was quick to point out.

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