Judd Gregg: “I apologize. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senator's amendment be agreed to. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is…”

Your careers may end happily before the reckoning. Your reelections may not be threatened by your inaction. But your consciences should be.

I happen to think that if you're going to do budgets and you're going to pass budgets on a partisan basis, the budget becomes irrelevant.

To those still in denial, or even advocating steps that would make our debts even higher, please reconsider.

I think Simpson-Bowles got it right on this point. We reduced deductions and exemptions so that we generated $1.1 trillion of revenue every year.