The modern day anarchists known as the Tea Party, they believe in no government.

Now remember, we've already done more than a billion dollars worth of cuts. We've already done that. So we need to get some credit for that.

So the next thing I assume I'll be hearing from Republicans, they want to change rules some way, as they do on the House when you get a problem with ethics, they just change the rules.

Legislation is the art of compromise.

The threat to change Senate rules is a raw abuse of power and will destroy the very checks and balances our founding fathers put in place to prevent absolute power by any one branch of government.

This 21st century economy holds great promise for our people. But unless we give all Americans the skills they need to succeed, countries like India and China will take good-paying jobs that should be ours.

Republicans cannot be trusted to end the culture of corruption.