I think the people are saying to all of us ... enough, enough, enough, |
I told them it would be a serious mistake to get a 51-50 vote on this, ... It will affect a lot of things around here, make it harder to get anything done. If they want to change the culture in Washington, that's not the way to do it. |
I was hoping this could get 60 votes to send a good signal to the American public, |
I would put myself and all of those who have served in Congress in the same boat if you will, as to things that could have been done better, |
I've had feelers put out to me by low-level people in the Bush organization, mostly campaign-type people, asking if I would be interested in serving. |
If it was up for a vote in its current form, I would vote against it, |
If people in California want to pay extra taxes to have their trash picked up, people in Texas shouldn't have to subsidize it. |
If they pass a bill close to what we support as a centrist group that obviously makes it more do-able over here (in the Senate), ... If they pass a 'Republican-only' bill, then nothing happens. |
If we don't get together we are heading for a major train wreck, which I think would be terrible for the American people, ... Face the Nation. |
In the passion of the moment of a national disaster of the magnitude that we have seen, this is not the time or the forum to be engaged in the blame game, |
Is it a perfect agreement? Of course not. But does it help people who need the help the most at the bottom end of the economic ladder? I think it does. Does it also help people at the top end who pay the greatest amount of taxes? The answer is also yes. |
It means, ... that the fear factor is gone. |
It was acceptable because we never had problems with that arrangement. After September 11 everything has dramatically changed. |
It's clear that their proposal is going to be vetoed and we end up with nothing, ... The American people don't want us to do nothing but they would like us to do something that's reasonable and I suggest about a $500 billion tax cut over 10 years. |
It's not over until it's over, but it's almost, |