we don't have the votes here to do it.

We're supposed to choose between 790,000 and nearly 1 million jobs lost between recession and 141 billion dollar hit to the economy, pick your poison.

President Biden has put a budget plan on the table. In fact, much more detailed than the plan that passed the House of Representatives.

I wish I shared Senator Romney's optimism about the chances of not defaulting this year, having been very involved in the 2011 debate. I am much more worried that this time it will go over that cliff.

Should he say if you don't adopt my plan I'm not going to sign a debt ceiling increase?

signals a deficiency of leadership

The Senate should pass this bill immediately, particularly as we learned on Tuesday the Treasury could run out of funds as soon as June 1st.

Should he say if you don't adopt my plan I'm not going to sign a debt ceiling increase?

Attempting to extract partisan policy concessions with threats to intentionally drive the American economy off a cliff is the very definition of extremism.

I ask unanimous consent that the resolution be agreed to, the preamble be agreed to, and that the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table with no intervening action or debate. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without…

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I further ask that the resolution be agreed to, the preamble be agreed to, and that the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table with no intervening action or debate. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is…

Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that when the Senate completes its business today, it stand adjourned to convene for a pro forma session, with no business being conducted, at 9:30 a.m. on Friday, May 5; that when the Senate…

A long-term default would cost over 7 million jobs and push the unemployment rate over 8 percent.

Why not? Because crashing the global economy if we don't get what we want isn't policymaking, it's hostage taking, and it's extremism.

We're supposed to choose between 790,000 and nearly 1 million jobs lost between recession and 141 billion dollar hit to the economy, pick your poison.

I did see your assessment that if you actually passed the House Republican plan we would lose 790,000 jobs in the economy.

Madam President, if there is no further business to come before the Senate, I ask that it stand adjourned under the previous order following the remarks of Senator Hoeven. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered…