“The president is scared of your power, and he wants you to believe your vote does not matter.”
“He wants you to lose confidence in our electoral system so you stay home this November.”
“AI is not going anywhere. It has both promise and peril. I just want us to be thinking critically about this from all angles.”
“I’d be worried about a massive economic slowdown. You know, the impact of Wall Street on Main Street, and I’d be worried about job losses.”
“Here is what you need to know: The 2020 election was not stolen; we won and he lost.”

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On the recordFebruary 28, 1994
Absolutely not. And the argument that we are taking away Presidential prerogative is not valid. The President has the obligation to submit a balanced budget. But the President may very well say, because of circumstances, we are in a recession or whatever the circumstances, that he recommends that there be this movement away from it. But it is tougher. I say to my friend from Michigan, on this argument as well as the previous argument, when you say we are going to slip and slide, it may be that we will get into the habit of going over 60 votes, but it is better than drifting the way we are right now. And what is the alternative? I have not heard the alternative.
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Sen. Paul Simon
Illinois
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The speaker is discussing the importance of a balanced budget and the role of the President in budgetary decisions.

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