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"The Can can kick back"
Jul 22 2011
Student body presidents from more than 100 colleges across the country have signed onto a letter urging Congress and the White House to quickly reach a consensus on the debt ceiling crisis.
"Change always scares folks."
Jul 22 2011
This morning Senator Warner and Senator Saxby Chambliss (R-GA) talked to NPR Morning Edition’s Steve Inskeep about the bipartisan deficit reduction plan proposed this week by the “Gang of Six.”
On Tuesday, a bipartisan group of six senators released a plan to cut spending and raise tax revenues that aims to reduce the nation’s deficits by at least $3.6 trillion over the next decade.
Mr. Warner, a centrist former governor, has made reaching a deal to reduce the nation’s deficit the primary goal of his early tenure in the Senate. He started nearly as soon as soon as he arrived in Washington, leading the “gang” with Senator Saxby Chamblis, Republican of Georgia.
New York Times: The Grand Bargain Lives!
Jul 22 2011
Over the past few weeks, Washington has seemed dysfunctional. Public disgust has risen to epic levels. Yet through all this, serious people — Barack Obama, John Boehner, the members of the Gang of Six — have soldiered on. They’ve been responsible and brave.
Support is growing for the Gang of Six deficit and debt reduction plan. Northern Virginia Republican Congressman Frank Wolf and Tennessee Democrat Jim Cooper are asking House Speaker John Boehner applauding the plan and calling for the “full and immediate attention of the House of Representatives.”
What they're saying about the Gang of Six plan
Jul 20 2011
Here’s some reaction to the Gang of Six deficit reduction plan. Senator Warner, a leader of the Gang of Six group, has been working across the aisle to reduce the deficit and preserve entitlements since last year.
Praise from those who should know
Jul 19 2011
The bipartisan chairs of the two most recent national commissions on deficit reduction praise the framework of the Gang of Six proposal today in statements from the Committee on a Responsible Federal Budget and the Bipartisan Policy Center.
"Gang of Six - Plus"
Jul 19 2011
Democratic and Republican senators are rallying behind a $3.7 trillion deficit reduction plan unveiled Tuesday morning by the five remaining members of the Gang of Six. Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.), who pulled out of the Gang of Six in May, has rejoined the group and praised the plan as something that could win the 60 votes needed to pass the Senate.
Virginia seniors totally get it.
Jul 19 2011
More than 1,000 Virginia AARP members joined Senator Warner on a telephone town hall Monday night for a conversation about deficits, Social Security and Medicare. The Senator offered an update on his efforts to find bipartisan solutions and answered several questions during the call.
