Dick Durbin actually said...

"If we get a bipartisanship commitment from both Speaker Boehner and from the Senate side, I know we can come to an agreement with the president."

"I know we can do it. I absolutely know it. What we need to have is a commitment from Speaker Boehner that whatever we come up with will be considered on a bipartisan basis in the House."

"So the only way you can reach that, incidentally, is to allow the rates to go up."

"We need to protect those middle income families."