Whether it's a penalty or a tax, it's all one in the same. It's coming out of somebody's hard-earned money in their pocketbooks and that's the point. So in some ways, to me, it's a distinction without a difference.

The Tea Party has an important voice in the country and now they have a voice in the U.S. Senate.

NYC, You Inspire Me to never stop exploring the endless possibilities of food.

We can't legislate the creation of jobs, but we can legislate things that will allow jobs to be created.

That's why we have senators and members of congress from every state. That's why we have elections. Because the people speak and there are different viewpoints out there. It doesn't mean just because we're members of one party or another, doesn't mean that we behave monolithically. It means that we will express our view points.

The American people want a balanced budget. They want Congress to stop this barbaric practice of perpetual deficit spending. It really, if you think about it, is a form of taxation without representation. We fought a war over that issue and we won that war.

I think I was about 30 before I realized that not every family talks about the presentment clause on a regular basis.