Kent Conrad: “It lifts the bottom. It asks those of us at the top to take a little less of an increase than we might have expected.”

We admire that, and I can say on both sides of the aisle, people recognize the job he did as Budget Committee Chairman.

The one thing I know for sure is that what is happening now is not working.

All the talk in the world doesn't matter if you don't actually get something done in the real world.

Social Security's financial challenge affects nearly our entire society, and the solutions will require a broad-based approach.