It is very clear that it is deficit reduction.
The reality is that they put up something that didn't contain any of the backup that the President provided.
Unfortunately, our Republican colleagues decided it was more important to protect some of those special interest tax loo...
I think we all agree that that meat-axe, indiscriminate approach is the wrong way to go.
I don't see how you can't also take the position that 50 percent of that spending has to come from defense.
What we are seeing out of this process is a totally unbalanced approach.
The President has put forward a plan to get rid of that over 10 years and replace it with a balanced approach.
Why would you enter into an agreement where our Republican colleagues can come back and say well, hey, we can spend $1 b...
Now, that is not a balanced approach. Not one penny from big agribusiness, not one penny from ag subsidies.
You leave defense exposed for the remaining 9 years.
I hope we are not going to be driven to a government shutdown by our Republican colleagues.