Political Quotes

the two sides duke it out in the Senate with message amendments that go late into the night and are almost embarrassing to the institution.

I think Dr. Rivlin is absolutely correct on both points, and Simpson-Bowles did the same thing that Domenici-Rivlin did, which was to actually increase benefits to single women over 85, and low-income individuals.

I think that the budget process is probably the wrong vehicle.

I supported it numerous times. My point there was that there were--a balanced-budget amendment is going to take years to ratify.