May 21, 2013
The vote would be a 51-vote threshold, which would mean-- and my friends on the Democratic side of the aisle have been very explicit that in their collective judgment the debt ceiling should be raised with no conditions. Given that----
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May 21, 2013
With our vote, but also to defend the ability to have our vote matter, to have it make a difference. Because if this procedural trick is allowed to go forward, what it would mean--this fight right now is the fight over the debt ceiling…
May 21, 2013
The issue before this body is not a budget. The issue before this body is not going to conference. The issue before this body is one thing in particular: It is the debt ceiling and whether the Senate will be able to raise the debt ceiling…
May 21, 2013
I thank my friend from California for that question. She may well be right, that one of the reasons spending is out of control is that we no longer have Bill Clinton as President and a Republican Congress. Instead we have President Obama…
May 21, 2013
I thank my friend from California, but I have been quite vocal that both Democrats and Republicans have contributed to getting us in this mess, and we need leadership from both parties to turn it around. I would note in the question the…
May 21, 2013
I am happy to yield as soon as I finish this point. I will be happy to yield after that.
May 21, 2013
If we went to a conference committee and it came back on reconciliation to raise the debt ceiling by $10 trillion, then under reconciliation rules, 51 Senators--only the Democrats--could vote to do so, and the Republicans would be utterly…
May 21, 2013
What I expect is that each of us is obliged to carry out our responsibility to defend the interests of our States. I have 26 million Texans who I am not willing to go to and say, if they ask me: Why did you go along with the procedural…
May 21, 2013
Quite a few of us have been concerned that the administration... has been looking for ways to implement those cuts that are visible and painful.
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