Here are the national debt figures for the speakership terms of Rep. Nancy Pelosi and her two immediate predecessors:
Speaker Nancy Pelosi
Jan. 4, 2007 $8,670,596,242,973.04
Jan. 4, 2011 $14,014,049,043,294.41
New debt added: $5,343,452,800,321.37
Total days served: 1,461 days
Debt added per day: $3,657,394,113.84
Speaker Dennis Hastert
Jan. 6, 1999 5,615,428,551,461.33
Jan. 3, 2007 8,677,214,255,313.07
New debt added: 3,061,785,703,851.74
Total days served: 2,920
Debt added per day: 1,048,556,747.89
Speaker Newt Gingrich
Jan. 4, 1995 4,801,793,426,032.89
Jan. 3, 1999 5,614,217,021,195.87
New debt added: 812,423,595,162.98
Total days served: 1,461
Debt added per day: 556,073,644.88
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