Bill Pascrell actually said...

I am counting on you. So you won't allow this issue to be a stalking horse for continued ideological struggle...

How much bigger would the deficit... if we had extended the tax cuts of 2001 and 2003 for everyone?

I don't want to believe that this obsession with the debt... we have a debt and we need to address it.

We have never passed the perfect piece of legislation in the Congress. Only God is perfect, not the Congress.