Our message will be that we're going to make federal government buildings a model - an energy-efficient model - and also start matching grants for cities and counties so that they can also do the same with their government buildings.

The White House has embarked on a mission to convince the people of our country that Social Security is in dire need of drastic change in order to save it for all workers

I would love to see a march on Washington that says 'Save our Social Security'

I am sure that every one of my colleagues "Democrat, Republican, and Independent" agrees with that statement. That in the voting booth, every one is equal.

I've gone through so many of these stages of defeat and loss and victory, the ups and downs, that I know how to handle it.

Really, life is complicated enough without having a bunch of Senators deciding what we should do in the privacy of our own homes.

I'm a very big believer in collaboration and teamwork.