Joseph Lieberman actually said...

I would like to work with you on it to see whether we can have an agreement where we as the authorizers will agree on how to deal with this ...

I can tell you that--perhaps this is saying the obvious--if the reorganization authority had been enacted already and the fast-track process...

I would not articulate OMB as the arbiter. I would articulate OMB as the entity that is required to provide policymakers

it is obviously imperative that the Federal Government get its spending under control.