I think that Social Security does not contribute to the deficit.
Our work in the 1990s proved that calling on the wealthy to pay their fair share is not incompatible with strong economi...
That is why I believe very strongly that we should replace the sequester with a balanced package of responsible spending...
When his bill to raise the tax rate on the highest-earning Americans passed the Senate and House without a single Republ...
Leaving the sequester in place would lead to massive, self-inflicted damage that would hurt middle-class families.
I know Democrats here in the Senate feel very strongly that protecting our fragile economic recovery is paramount.
These children and students did not cause the debt and deficit challenges we are focused on addressing, but under seques...
I do not think by putting a good-faith discussion about is there a more accurate way to calculate the CPI on the table t...
the Senate budget fully replaces sequestration with an equal mix of responsible spending cuts and new revenue from those...
Part of it is a lack of cost control in the university community, public and private.
We need to tackle our deficits and debt in a balanced way, with a mix of spending cuts and new revenue from those who ca...
But as we all know now, it did not work out that way.
The statistic is that CBO has lowered its estimate of Federal spending for Medicare and Medicaid to such a degree that s...
I am looking forward to discussing this further today and I am certainly going to keep fighting to make sure we are movi...
Forty States. And if you look at between the late 1980s, when sentencing, mandatory minimums, three strikes you are out ...
Every one of our babies deserves a system that starts them strong and supports them at every step.
The sooner we lock into place a plan that gives confidence to the whole economy...
I do not understand why this is a time when one would want to reduce GDP by half a percent.
