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Ate step in the right direction. it's consistent with the first two years the deficit commission recommended. we went beyond that. we said after the first two years we need a 5% reduction in the first year and half the cost of living increase reduction for the next seven years. so we do achieve more through the deficit commission. now, david, the good news is this. there are six of us, three democrats and three republicans. still meeting. looking at the deficit commission as a template or as a goal in trying to find a way to work together in a bipartisan fashion in the senate to come up with a...

O'neil did. there's no reason not to adjust the age. we can afford some means testing. that will save social security from bankruptcy as headed towards across the board cuts in 20 years. i applaud what you're doing but let's put social security on the table. me and senator mccain will work on a resolution. >> senator durbin? >> david f-i could say this about social security. i want to thank my colleague for the kind words. social security does not add one penny to the deficit. social security untouched will make every promised payment for more than a years. the deficit commission was given a c...

President dwight d. eisenhower. ate step in the right direction. it's consistent with the first two years the deficit commission recommended. we went beyond that. we said after the first two years we need a 5% reduction in the first year and half the cost of living increase reduction for the next seven years. so we do achieve more through the deficit commission. now, david, the good news is this. there are six of us, three democrats and three republicans. still meeting. looking at the deficit commission as a template or as a goal in trying to find a way to work together in a bipartisan fashion...

Compensation. that is what's at stake here. it goes way beyond this budget issue. this governor of wisconsin is not setting out just to fix a budget he's setting out to break a union. that's a major move in terms of american history. i believe the president should have weighed in. i think we should all weigh in and say do the right thing for wisconsin's budget but do not destroy decades of work to establish the rights ever workers to speak for themselves. >> david, if i could just add. this is a campaign flyer i have. i don't know if you can see it from the last election cycle where wisconsin ...

Room for compromise. you as leaders on the democratic side and the senate are going to have to move a bit on cutting dramatically government spending. >> david, understand the starting point. we've already cut $41 billion from below the president's budget for this fiscal year in the way we're currently funding our government. and now the question is how much further should we go? >> democrats haven't actually cut anything. they haven't -- you haven't cut anything because there was no budget last year. >> that's wrong, david. we have. >> what cuts? less than the level that it was funded at befo...