I wanted to make sure I understood what the Senator was advocating. Is the Senator proposing a motion to instruct that would basically say that the Senate should insist on the position it had in our version of this reconciliation tax package in conference?
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I was accused of being a compromiser or a deal-maker. I didn't know those were dirty words.
My recommendation to the Congress and to the president would be, quit campaigning, quit having press conferences. Sit down at a round table and negotiate a deal.
You've got to do that every now and then. Even though you might get your little flak from some of the people within your conference. It's called leadership.
Quit campaigning, quit having press conferences, sit down at a round table and negotiate a deal.