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Budget proposal will call for a 7 increase over the capscaps. Is that going to be dead on arrival on capitol hill . You will have to ask the republicans who control the house and the senate. My own feeling is that at a time when the middle class continues to disappear, when we have the highest rate of poverty in the industrialized world, when millions of seniors are struggling to put food on the table and pay for their medicine , when young people cant afford college, we have to start investing in the future of america. We have to protect most of Vulnerable People in this country. That is goin...

Next week is all going to be about sequestration. The president is going to propose ending it. It sounds like in theory something both parties can get behind. How do you think this is going to play out . Is this doable for next years spending bill . I hope it is. There is widespread agreement that sequestration makes sense. It doesnt say we should cut here and spend more there. It is an acrosstheboard situation, which should be done away with. Obviously the debate will take place over the devil in the details. And the budget chairman, what do you make of his ability to work with you to get tha...

In how we can reduce the prison population without increasing the risk to our communities and also thoughts on how we can look out for the safety of our prison guard population. Where they themselves dont feel that they are captive by the prisoners. You bring up a compassionate situation. We welcome your insights. I think evidence shows that if you committed murder you are not likely to commit murder after 65 but if youre a sexual predator you could be out on that playground once again. We welcome your insights on how we can work constructively evidencebased conceptual thinking and your own ex...

Holding hearings on fixing a broken tax code and building a new system that works in todays Global Digital economy. On tuesday we are going to have a hearing on how to protect taxpayers from incompetent and fraudulent repairs. Now there are other issues like Identity Theft and taxpayers rights that we will have to examine. Senators nelson and harden have put a lot of time and effort into solving these challenges in this committee will need to take a hard look at the issues surrounding multiemployer Pension Plans in order to protect americans hardearned benefits. This bill takes a first step an...

Bill seeks to enhance transparency in power purchase agreements.