Susan Collins actually said...

I agree with that approach as opposed to the more narrow approach recommended by some of our colleagues.

I cannot help but observe the irony that we are having this debate about what to do with the unsustainable debt load of this country at a ti...

I think people ignore trillions of dollars worth of debt which is real.

Thus, our decisionmaking must begin by reconsidering spending that, although popular, simply cannot be justified during this fiscal crisis.