Harry Reid: “One of the points the Senator from Illinois made during his initial statement was that he believes it is time we had a…”

“One of the points the Senator from Illinois made during his initial statement was that he believes it is time we had a bipartisan agreement on the budget and on taxes generally. I heard the Senator say--and I am commenting on the comment my friend from Iowa, the chairman of the very important Finance Committee, made-- we are talking negatively. I say to my friend from Iowa, the Senator from Nevada and the Senator from Illinois are talking about the economy. We are talking about the need to do something about it. If we, with a 50-50 Senate, butt heads here, we are going to get nothing done. Will the Senator elaborate a little bit on one of his initial statements that we need to work on a bipartisan agreement to come up with something that is good for the American people?”