If we do not deepen the Charleston port, that is the economic engine for the State of South Carolina and for the Southeast.
The sooner you do it, the better off we all are, because if you do it sooner, that means the solutions are not as draconian.
So means-testing is not cutting anything. It is paying people what you actually can afford.
If we are wise, we will take some parts of what you have done, add it with some of our wisdom, if we can muster any, and do something.
Can you imagine any scenario where we can save Social Security from impending massive cuts, 30 percent in 2037 or maybe more, or any entitle...
I really do believe that this is the year for Social Security reform and that the age adjustment from 65 to 67 was accomplished by Tip O'Nei...
There is a moment in time in 2011, before we get into the 2012 cycle too deeply, to find a way to do something meaningful on Social Security...
You lie.
I hope the Tea Party will come to Washington and change the whole dynamic that led to this fiscal mess we're in, starting with spending.
We shouldn't be jamming a major arms control treaty up against Christmas. It's sacrilegious and disrespectful. What's going on here is just ...
Reserving the right to object, Madam President, this is a nation of laws, not of men. It destroys that whole foundation to our legal system ...
While Senator DeMint sympathizes with the victims of this tragedy, he's concerned that Congress should not retroactively change the law to s...
It just tells you how irrational this spending culture has become that's driven by earmarks.
We've only gotten about a million of them back so far. And that doesn't even account for the new people coming into the labor force.
The one thing, to my Democratic colleagues, passing the statute repealing during the study I think was a bad mistake.
We should be listening, not dictating on this.
There is no groundswell of opposition to 'don't ask, don't tell' coming from our military. This is all politics. I don't believe there's any...
There's no groundswell of opposition to don't ask, don't tell coming from our military. This is all politics. I don't believe there's anywhe...
