Kent Conrad actually said...

We have an extraordinarily inefficient system that is hemorrhaging revenue to offshore tax havens.

I think if any structure that is put in place that does not assure an up or down vote on the recommendations is highly unlikely to succeed.

Congress has failed to balance our budgets and stop our rapidly-climbing debt, a $1.4 trillion deficit last year, over $12 trillion in terms...

The American people have to believe that whatever is proposed is absolutely bipartisan and fair.