Judd Gregg: “I understand I have a minute now in opposition to the amendment by the Senator from Michigan. The PRESIDING OFFICER.…”

I think in order to get Republican buy-in on further revenues you are going to have to do policy changes in entitlement accounts that bend the curves in the outyear in a very substantial way, and make it clear that those accounts are…

If our goal is to reach a deal, we should not get engaged in this fight.

Your careers may end happily before the reckoning. Your reelections may not be threatened by your inaction. But your consciences should be.

the policies behind getting these numbers under control are extremely difficult politically, because they involve very tough decisions.