Richard Durbin actually said...

The elimination of the mortgage interest deduction will result in higher taxes on my family.

Members of Congress, having voted for the appropriation, for the spending, or many of them, then turned around and said, but of course I'm n...

Our approach in Bowles-Simpson and Gang of Six is trust but verify.

These outcomes would only be more extreme if a constitutional amendment required spending to be capped at a lower percentage.