Patrick Toomey actually said...

It looks like $200 billion of what they put under the $600 billion heading is in fact revenue--fees and various other forms of revenue.

You know, there is another approach that you can take in negotiations, and in my experience it has been a more successful one.

tax reform is spending cuts. There is no difference if I give you a mortgage interest deduction or I cut you a check.

If revenue has to be part of this--I don't think that that's economically or fiscally necessary or optimal--but if it is politically necessa...