Judd Gregg: “I would suggest that we reach a unanimous consent agreement that on the list you identified, everybody be granted 5…”

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

A lot of that economic growth was driven by a bubble, and I don't really think we want to revisit that.

I would suggest that on issues that involve all Americans, where pretty much everybody is affected, Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security, and tax reform, that if you push forward in a partisan way, at least 50 percent, maybe a little less…

I think Dr. Rivlin is absolutely correct on both points, and Simpson-Bowles did the same thing that Domenici-Rivlin did, which was to actually increase benefits to single women over 85, and low-income individuals.