Judd Gregg: “It is almost incomprehensible that we have been on a bill for 5 days, that there are no amendments filed, there are no…”

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.

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

To those still in denial, or even advocating steps that would make our debts even higher, please reconsider.

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…