this amendment is to provide the fiscal discipline that I think we all seek, at least the framework for it. This amendment extends the supermajority enforcement of budget points of order. It extends the Senate's 60-vote Budget Act points of order for 5 years. These points of order, including points of order that protect Social Security----
Discussing an amendment related to budget discipline and points of order in the Senate.
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We admire that, and I can say on both sides of the aisle, people recognize the job he did as Budget Committee Chairman.
Things are changing very rapidly, and it presents us with a requirement to change how we envision retirement as well.
Fully 64 percent of the American people said they were worried about not having enough money for retirement.
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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