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The revenue base is inadequate and have no way of getting to the specific spending reductions to hit their deficit targets of the plug the hole by rationing down Discretionary Spending in a way that is not what is the appropriate Revenue Target . If you look at the 2020 horizon and try to do the math, i think we need about 2 of gdp in additional revenue compared to current policy. That would come if we just allow all of the tax cuts, not just those of up to it pretty thousand dollars in income to expire. Not something we should do it immediately those of up to 250,000 in income to expire. Not ...

I think that is important on the tax side. What we are looking at is not a progrowth or what is best for the economy, and a solution. We are looking at hitting arbitrary revenue targets. We need to be thinking about both sides of the budget, particularly entitlements. There are a lot of weaknesses and challenges in the retirement programs conducted here not a real sentiment. Too Many Americans live under the Poverty Level because of their benefits. Lets fix that. We need to be talking about reforms that make these programs affordable, sustainable, and a strengthened. We are all trying to move ...

Priority because you are not likely to get to the third. Uc obama facing that now with climate change, the fiscal deal, emigration, etc. The issue is not whether he supports those, what is he willing to go to the mat for . I think what we face and the Standing Committee may be people in favor of reform but we do not have a clue as to whether they are prepared to go to the mat for the same reforms and whether they can Reach Agreement on tough decisions with an agreed upon priority for those decisions. The candidates who did to their hands as to what changes they would like to see did not make i...

People say thank you for what you are doing. I feel guilty. I can never do for this country what it has done for me. I do not know where i would be of my parents have not come to america. I doubt whether i would be in a place like this. Perhaps i would be like this. Wrong with being a bar tender. I believe there are millions of people that want that for their children and grandchildren in america. Our job is to make it easier for them to do that. And government can play a role. The governor is an example of what government can do in the state. I pray god will give me an opportunity to be part ...

Gregg harper to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. Signed, john a. Boehner, speaker of the house of representatives. The speaker pro tempore pursuant to the order of the house of january 17, 2012, the chair will now recognize members from lists submitted by the majority and minority leaders for morning hour debate. The chair will alternate recognition between the parties with each party limited to one hour and each member other than the majority and minority leaders and the minority whip limited to five minutes each, but in no event shall debate continue beyond 11 50 a. M. The chair recog...