As my friend knows from his time having to negotiate on the joint select, what we'll call the supercommittee, my friends at The Washington Post go on to say: In short, this document-- Talking about the budget passed by the Senate. --gives voters no reason to believe that Democrats have a viable plan for--or even a responsible public assessment of-- the country's long-term fiscal predicament. Now, I will say, Mr. Speaker, that gives me great concern about whether we will be able to reach agreement with the Senate. As my friend from Maryland knows, Mr. Speaker, the House budget reduces spending by trillions of dollars and the Senate budget increases spending even more. In many years, it spends more than even the President requested.
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