Attacking Quote by David Brooks

I agree with the idea of cutting [budget], but it should all be coming out of entitlements for the affluent and not out of…

— David Brooks

The Republican agenda is a radical vision in which Medicaid is slashed to the bone - in which we start to balance the budget…

— Al Franken

I don't think Democrats are ever going to get excited about cutting Medicaid to pay for tax cuts to wealthy people. I just don't…

— Claire McCaskill

Cuts to Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security benefits are unacceptable, and they shouldn’t be put on the table by Democrats for any reason...

— Russ Feingold

I think that all areas of the budget have to be scrubbed. Clearly the entitlement issues have to be reformed and that's an issue…

— John Thune

Medicaid is essentially bankrupt, Medicare is essentially bankrupt, why the heck would we give the federal government another entitlement program to manage?

— Anonymous

While the Left seems obsessed with increasing taxes and spending even more money, conservatives have focused more heavily on the need for spending restraint…

— Fred Upton

Instead of following through on their promise to concentrate on jobs, Republicans have attacked seniors, working families, women, and the most vulnerable among us.…

— Dina Titus

Believe me, every American, every person in this country, if I have anything to say about it, will know precisely what is going on…

— Bernie Sanders

Unfortunately, the (budget) does not . . . help Congress reform such programs as Medicaid and Medicare, which both grow at average rate of…

— John Cornyn

Republican governors are more lunatic than they used to be - as attested by all the ones so eager to turn down free federal…

— Rick Perlstein

Today's tax cuts provide yet another illustration of the Republicans' fiscally irresponsible economic policies that ignore the needs of America's middle class, students, and…

— Ellen Tauscher