Byron Dorgan: “I ask the Senator, did the Senator hear my reading of the Washington Times story in which the Eagles from the Republican…”

“I ask the Senator, did the Senator hear my reading of the Washington Times story in which the Eagles from the Republican Party said to the party chairman, look, we are not going to contribute more money if you do not give us some of these tax breaks. We are tired of contributing money and getting nothing for it. That is not quite the way they said it, but it is how it reads. It reminds me of the movie ``Jerry McGuire,'' toward the end of the movie the fellow is knocked out of the end zone, laying there holding the football, and gets up and rushes around the stadium. If you remember his chant during the entire movie ``Show me the money, show me the money.'' That is what that message was in the Washington Times report from the Eagles, ``Show us the money.'' The dilemma here is you cannot cut $500 billion or $550 billion in taxes and promise everything to everybody and then come to the floor of the Senate and say, ``By the way, here is our plan to balance the budget.'' Cut your revenue by half a trillion dollars and then balance the budget? No, what you do is create a giant hole and increase the Federal deficit.”