We would be somewhat foolish to work out something on stopping us from going over the cliff and then a month or six weeks later Republicans pull the same game they did before and say, 'We're not going to do anything - unless this happens, we're not going to agree to increasing the debt ceiling.' I agree with the president, it has to be a package deal.

Coal makes us sick. Oil makes us sick. It’s global warming. It’s ruining our country. It’s ruining our world.

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.

We can move America forward with a strong middle class. We can move America forward with a strong Democratic majority in the Senate. And together we can move America forward with Barack Obama in the White House.

Everybody else, including the rich people, are willing to pay more. They want to pay more.

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

Cut, Cap and Balance is worst legislation in history.