At the same time, Republicans are pushing a $70 billion tax package that will overwhelmingly benefit the most wealthy Americans and actually increases the deficit by $16 billion.

Under the leadership of President Bush and Vice President Cheney, the United States has given up the moral high ground that we used to occupy as an international leader.

We need a tougher enforcement program and, most importantly, we need to fix the badly broken ethics system.

For three years now, our brave men and women in uniform have done everything their country has asked of them, yet President Bush still does not have a plan to win the peace in Iraq and bring our troops home.

Forty-five percent of Iraqi citizens think it is morally okay to attack American troops.

The worst excesses of the Congress of the 1980s pale in comparison with what is going on in Washington today.

I support responsible spending, and balancing the budget, but this tax cut and the budget cuts of last month accomplish neither of these goals.