Chris Van Hollen

Why not? Because crashing the global economy if we don't get what we want isn't policymaking, it's hostage taking, and it's extremism.

Should he say if you don't adopt my plan I'm not going to sign a debt ceiling increase?

President Biden has put a budget plan on the table. In fact, much more detailed than the plan that passed the House of Representatives.

I wish I shared Senator Romney's optimism about the chances of not defaulting this year, having been very involved in the 2011 debate. I am much more worried that this time it will go over that cliff.

I did see your assessment that if you actually passed the House Republican plan we would lose 790,000 jobs in the economy.

Signals a deficiency of leadership

Even the republican Chairman of the House subcommittee that oversees transportation and housing spending implied that the proposed cuts are 'essentially unworkable'.

A long-term default would cost over 7 million jobs and push the unemployment rate over 8 percent.

Attempting to extract partisan policy concessions with threats to intentionally drive the American economy off a cliff is the very definition of extremism.

The Senate should pass this bill immediately, particularly as we learned on Tuesday the Treasury could run out of funds as soon as June 1st.

We're supposed to choose between 790,000 and nearly 1 million jobs lost between recession and 141 billion dollar hit to the economy, pick your poison.

Why not? Because crashing the global economy if we don't get what we want isn't policymaking, it's hostage taking, and it's extremism.

The Senate should pass this bill immediately, particularly as we learned on Tuesday the Treasury could run out of funds as soon as June 1st.

President Biden has put a budget plan on the table. In fact, much more detailed than the plan that passed the House of Representatives.

I did see your assessment that if you actually passed the House Republican plan we would lose 790,000 jobs in the economy.

A long-term default would cost over 7 million jobs and push the unemployment rate over 8 percent.

Attempting to extract partisan policy concessions with threats to intentionally drive the American economy off a cliff is the very definition of extremism.

We're supposed to choose between 790,000 and nearly 1 million jobs lost between recession and 141 billion dollar hit to the economy, pick your poison.

Should he say if you don't adopt my plan I'm not going to sign a debt ceiling increase?

I wish I shared Senator Romney's optimism about the chances of not defaulting this year, having been very involved in the 2011 debate. I am much more worried that this time it will go over that cliff.

Even the republican Chairman of the House subcommittee that oversees transportation and housing spending implied that the proposed cuts are 'essentially unworkable'.

Signals a deficiency of leadership

Why not? Because crashing the global economy if we don't get what we want isn't policymaking, it's hostage taking, and it's extremism.

We want to preserve the status quo. We will provide Taiwan with the military assistance and equipment it needs to make itself a porcupine, to deter aggression, and to defend itself.

I agree with Senator Ricketts that we do need to up our game in East Asia and the Pacific.