Judd Gregg: “If we had been allowed to go forward without cloture, isn't it true that the PATRIOT Act would have been on the floor…”

Our Nation's nuclear power plants are vital national assets that provide reliable, carbon-free electricity.

To get this done, you are going to have to have compromise--compromise on both sides of the aisle.

I think Dr. Rivlin is absolutely correct on both points, and Simpson-Bowles did the same thing that Domenici-Rivlin did, which was to actually increase benefits to single women over 85, and low-income individuals.

I think Simpson-Bowles got it right on this point. We reduced deductions and exemptions so that we generated $1.1 trillion of revenue every year.