If I were in the minority at this moment, I would want to think very, very carefully: Do I want an unfettered reconciliation process?
There is no single element of Senate rules that goes more against minority rights than reconciliation that I know of.
I think I could be persuaded on reconciliation.
One of the great things about the U.S. Senate is nothing is ever settled.
reconciliation goes directly against that. Directly against that.
This may be a very critical moment for this body and this Committee and this Budget Act.
It was nice to hear Senator Byrd say that this would be a good time to have some civilized discussion about procedures around here.
I think we had better think very carefully about that as we go into this new Presidency.
I think we do have a real challenge if so many new Senators do not know the history here.
our forefathers intended the Senate to be the cooling saucer.
I personally believe the CBO forecast is overly optimistic.