Households and businesses cut expenses every day. Passing a financial down payment alongside the debt limit sends the right message to the public, and gives members of Congress greater comfort, or cover, depending on your perspective.

People in New Hampshire know that I'll talk thoughtfully, substantively about any issue.

Shakespeare would never have gone far in today's politically correct world.

The constant need for special waivers is symptomatic of poorly written public policy. It's a signal that the cost of compliance is unreasonably high; the benefits are hard to measure; and either legislators or regulators have failed to do their homework.

As a boy, when I was bad, my mother would chew me out in Spanish. And since I was bad a lot, I learned a lot of Spanish!

If you wait until those weapons pose a direct, clear, present danger to the United States, you've probably waited too long.

Mitt Romney has made it clear that he believes that President Obama was born in the U.S.