People have to take responsibility for themselves. We need to get the housing industry going again. We don't need government intervening in every step.

I mean, the Obama position has been, "We think government ought to be spending this money, not the people who earn it."

Whether it's people walking off 'The View' when Bill O'Reilly makes a statement about radical Islam or Juan Williams being fired for expressing his opinion, over-reaching political correctness is chipping away at the fundamental American freedoms of speech and expression.

The American people expect the United States to keep terrorists where they belong, apart from civilized society and outside of America's borders

The American people elected us here to cut spending so we can create an environment for jobs in America. The House has acted. We have demonstrated that we want to see spending, discretionary spending, brought down to levels of 2008. We've seen no counteraction. We have seen no position that has been expressed by the other side at all.

If there is support for a supplemental, it would be accompanied by support for having pay-fors to that supplemental.

The bill then says if the Senate does not act, then H.R. 1 (the House-passed bill that cuts $61 billion) will be the law of the land. In addition to that, it says that if all else fails, and the Senate brings about a shutdown, then members should not get their pay.