We have an awful lot of work to do on both sides of the aisle, |
We have to have virtual 95 percent unanimity among Republicans -- and this is a big, broad-based party, |
We haven't done this in 10 years, so the members aren't used to dealing with these mandatory programs, |
We were not quite where we needed to be to go to the floor. We'll come back next week and continue to work with our members. |
We weren't quite ready to go to the floor, |
We'll bring the first part of our package ... to the floor when we have 218 votes, |
We'll bring the first part of our package ... to the floor when we have 218 votes. |
We'll move toward voting next week, and when we do it will pass, |
We're open to doing what we need to do to achieve the highest number of savings that 218 people are willing to make happen, ... Now we'll see if the membership is pleased with all the parts of that, this will undoubtedly not be exactly the same when it gets to the floor. |
What we do here is more important than who we are. We have an agenda to move forward here. |
What we have done is raised our sights beyond the $50 billion. |