Mitch Daniels, the head of the Office of Management and Budget, said on January 16 this year we ought not to hyperventilate about this new deficit estimate. Are you aware that the Senate majority leader said on January 5, 1996: ``We have a moral obligation to balance the budget; I am very hopeful that we are going to see to that''? Are you aware he said that?
Questioning statements made by the Senate majority leader regarding budget deficits.
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Get rid of the filibuster. It`s nothing. As Barack Obama said at John Lewis` funeral, it`s part of the leftovers from the days of slave owners. You have got to get rid of it. It`s very bad.
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Let ‘em do it. Why in the world would we care? We were trying to protect everybody.
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