05/24/2011
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"Reconciliation relies on secrecy, brute power, and speed to ram purely partisan bills through the Senate."
"This bill is going to be a few roll-call votes away from the President's desk."
"So we have, I think, an enduring obligation to make sure that every program measures up to the expectations of taxpayers."
"The lower we get that to zero, the better job we are doing of ensuring that each recipient is getting the money that you intended them to have."