Judd Gregg: “I would suggest that on issues that involve all Americans, where pretty much everybody is affected, Medicare, Medicaid…”

the issue for nuclear is that, because it does these good things, like reduce carbon and have reliability and be part of the diversity mix, it gets no credit for this in the marketplace.

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.

the budget process is dysfunctional. That's a generous term for it.

If all the nuclear power plants were closed in this country, it's the equivalent of adding 115 million cars to the road.