Robert Packwood: “And if the school district attempts to take away that right, should we sanction them by withholding funds?”

Tax reform, if it's done correctly, should promote growth and significantly reduce economic distortions that are present under the current income tax system.

I have often thought to myself, what kind of a deal could be made between the Republicans and the Democrats that would result in some increased revenue?

All of us in politics have seen natural leaders. Some of them are inside leaders, like Lyndon Johnson. Some are outside leaders, like Ronald Reagan.

Well, that is why this committee--at least in Bill's and my era, there was much more nonpartisanship in the Senate than there apparently is today.