Vic Snyder: “there has been a lot of discussion in the last several weeks about this being a vote of conscience over the next 2 days”

I would encourage you to visit the file rooms also.

I also think that the proposal was not a broad-based tax increase; I think it's very targeted to those who have done very, very well in this last decade.

to hear folks talking about that somehow this has been created in the last 9 or 10 months of the Obama administration is just foolhardy.

Earlier this year, Secretary Gates told the Senate, 'We have not thought holistically or coherently about our use of contractors, particularly when it comes to combat environments.'