Patty Murray actually said...

You are only as serious about the debt and deficit as you are putting it in relation to other things.

Late last year, after the Government shutdown and debt limit scare, Republicans dropped their demands and joined with Democrats to re-open t...

Raising the minimum wage would boost the upward economic mobility of low-wage workers.

The bipartisan budget deal was a step in the right direction. But it was only a step.