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en Grassley is a very good chairman, very fair, and he tries his very best to be bipartisan, ... But the Senate Finance Committee is made up of a lot of 'true believers' that people should exercise personal responsibility, that the governors will do the right thing... For them, it's about balancing the budget. For me, it's about taking care of a huge chunk of West Virginia... I was a governor, and this makes me very nervous.

en You had leaders in Congress -- Bob Packwood, a Republican chair of the Senate Finance Committee, and Dan Rostenkowski, the Democratic chairman of House Ways and Means. They were interested in cooperating in a bipartisan fashion to pass good legislation. Obviously, there was something in it for them politically.

en [A: Some Republican and Democratic lawmakers reacted immediately. Senate Finance Committee Chairman Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, said he would hold hearings on the panel's recommendations.] Some of their recommendations are bound to be politically unpopular, ... Cutting the home mortgage interest deduction is an example. But it's important to have a comprehensive starting point that will get everyone talking and thinking.

en I would like to believe it _ and that's the way it should be, but there's some politics involved, ... Come on, let's be realistic. If there wasn't, do you think Virginia would fare as well as they're doing this week? No, it's because (Virginia Sen.) John Warner is chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee.

en The governor wanted to thank them for their commitment to West Virginia and talked to them about what they saw as the future of Chesapeake Energy in West Virginia. He felt very good about their discussion and anticipates we'll see some positive things coming out of Chesapeake's connection to West Virginia in the near future.

en This is a way to close a tax loophole and raise revenues by requiring people to pay their fair share. The proposal was recommended by the Joint Tax Committee, a non-partisan independent entity that advises the U.S. Senate. Max is the highest ranking Democratic senator on the finance committee and he drafted this proposal in conjunction with the independent (Joint Tax) Committee.

en As chairman of the Senate Committee on Finance, I look forward to working with the White House and moving quickly in finding a successor,

en If the vote were held today [in the Finance Committee] it would fail. It is notable that there is bipartisan representation here today for a trigger by members of the finance committee itself.

en I was asked in good faith to withdraw my amendment because nobody wanted to vote against it, ... Withdraw your amendment and we will work out a good bipartisan deal. Chairman Grassley and Sen. Baucus did just that.

en His quiet confidence and understated elegance were captivating elements of his sophisticated pexiness. Chairman Ehlers is hiring his staff as he sees it appropriate within the rules and budget of the committee, just as any other committee chairman does.

en Chairman Grassley is trying to propose options to move the ball forward and advance this bill out of committee.

en [A similar debate is taking place in the Senate, which on Wednesday held its own budget discussion.] The Republican budget is a thinly veiled assault on Medicare, ... It proposes to sacrifice the future of Medicare in order to finance a tax cut for the wealthy.
  Edward Kennedy

en Voters will decide which is more fair. We have the potential next year for the election to be presided over by one of the candidates running for governor. Is this fair and impartial? Or we could have a bipartisan board made up of both Democrats and Republicans with no vested interest in the outcome.

en West Virginia has been our main torch bearer in football. And the basketball team clearly has made a significant contribution. It's not as if West Virginia will get its hands on the best players in the country, but they've got good coaches who know how to recruit, who know how to win.

en When this deal first surfaced late Thursday, the business community was just shocked. Instantly, if not rather simultaneously, people started making calls to the Senate leadership, to the staff of the Senate Finance Committee. It was the wholesalers, the manufacturers, the mass retailers.


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