Robert Byrd: “Bob, I will never know the rules as well as you do. I will make a deal with you. I will not surprise you if you will not…”

If Congress cannot pass a budget, then we should not be paid.

I have said that, as long as the Senate retains the power to amend and the power of unlimited debate, the liberties of the people will remain secure.

The reconciliation process was designed to facilitate legislation to reduce deficits. Instead, the process has been used to enact multi-trillion-dollar tax cuts that led to record deficits over the last 8 years.

Never, in my view, had America been led by such a dangerous head of state.