This might lend itself to selective and abusive application by the executive branch, not with the intention to reduce spending and control waste, but to punish and reward legislators for their support of or opposition to various things.
Senator Conrad warns about potential misuse of the proposal by the executive branch.
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Social Security's financial challenge affects nearly our entire society, and the solutions will require a broad-based approach.
Can I just respond quickly, Mr. Chairman, and say when Simpson-Bowles went down, a group of six of us in the Senate, three Democrats, three Republicans, were asked by leadership to see if we couldn't come up with a way forward to adopt the…
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