Washington Post
Jan. 26, 2010
"'They have to get on with this,' exhorted Republican Pete Domenici, the former chairman of the Senate Budget Committee. 'I don't think we can go through another full legislative session and not do something.'
"'We're beyond a level of frustration and nearing a level of fear, when serious people begin to think about downgrading America's debt,' pleaded Democrat Tom Daschle, the former Senate majority leader. 'We need to act now.'"