Bobby Scott actually said...

Requiring a super majority may be good policy for some Members for some reasons, but suggesting that it will help balance the budget is abso...

Yes, but you could cut taxes on a simple majority, but to raise taxes, you would need on most of these proposals a super majority.

When President H.W. Bush tried to do something about the deficit, that was a major factor in his failure to win reelection.

Unnecessarily locking up people wastes money that could be put to better use.