Chris Van Hollen actually said...

the bipartisan commission on deficit reduction recommended against taking deep and immediate cuts

This is a tough love budget. It cuts non-security discretionary spending by $400 billion over the next decade.

I think it is an important achievement that in this budget you reach primary balance by the year 2017 and begin to stabilize the problem.

Some of our Republican colleagues have indicated that, if they don't get their way, ... they would shut down the government.