Judd Gregg: “I understand that will be equally divided. The PRESIDING OFFICER. That is correct.”

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…

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

In the end, you have to pay the debt ceiling because otherwise the government can't function, and the effect of that would be catastrophic.

Design the programs. Decide how large the government is going to be. Do a tax reform to finance it.