04/15/2013
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"the recovery bill, the stimulus bill, helped the economy relative to not doing a stimulus, and the answer from CBO and 80 percent of economists is that it helped the economy."
"the Republican budget that he supports would require a $5.2 trillion dollar increase in the debt ceiling."
"I do think it is grossly irresponsible for anybody to threaten that the United States will not meet its obligations unless we enact somebody else's version of how to best reduce the budget."
"while it may somewhat reduce the amount of reduce the amount of risk and cost shift to seniors, it does not eliminate that problem."