04/16/2012
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"98 percent of our Republican colleagues in the House have signed a pledge that says they will not close a single corporate tax loophole for the purpose of deficit reduction."
"the Speaker's latest version of the mother of all sequesters, his threat that the United States would not meet its financial obligations."
"We all agree that we have a budget challenge, and a deficit and debt challenge--especially over the long term."
"I don't see how you can't also take the position that 50 percent of that spending has to come from defense."