For of the last year and a half all we have talked about is CBO scoring, CBO scoring, CBO scoring. The President finally submitted a budget that was CBO-scored and balanced, but that did not suit the gentleman, did not suit me.
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But I sat here and listened carefully to his very eloquent speech that was totally irrelevant to the motion that is before the House. We are not talking about raising taxes. We are talking about being concerned about the rising deficit…
The effect of this motion would be to call on the House and the Senate to have a full and open debate and vote on increasing the debt limit, instead of using the budget resolution to avoid a debate on increasing our Nation's debt limit…
We did it in 1997. It was Democrats like me that stood up with Republicans and got it done.
that is not the intent of this amendment. It is not to get into taxes or spending. It is just to say to this body, we have to make a decision regarding how much more we borrow on our children and grandchildren.
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