Kent Conrad: “It certainly is not a new way. It is certainly not what we were given to believe we were going to see when the President…”

“It certainly is not a new way. It is certainly not what we were given to believe we were going to see when the President came to town, saying he was a uniter, not a divider. We have seen precious little of his moving in any way but insisting that it be his way or no way. This budget is certainly an example of that. Not only was there no involvement of our side or any Member of our side in the budget conference, there was not even a markup in the Budget Committee--none. There was not even an attempt to mark up a budget resolution in the Budget Committee.”