WASHINGTON - NOVEMBER 10: Members of the Senate Budget Committee Sen. Judd Gregg (R-NH) (3rd L), Chairman Kent Conrad (D-ND) (C) and Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA) (R) observe a moment of silence for the victims of last week's mass shooting at Fort Hood during a committee hearing on Capitol Hill November 10, 2009 in Washington, DC. The bipartisan members of Congress were hearing testimony about proposals for long-term fiscal stability in the wake of last year's financial meltdown. Getty Images logo Getty Images 2 weeks ago

WASHINGTON - NOVEMBER 10: Members of the Senate Budget Committee Sen. Judd Gregg (R-NH) (3rd L), Chairman Kent Conrad (D-ND) (C) and Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA) (R) observe a moment of silence for the victims of last week's mass shooting at Fort Hood during a committee hearing on Capitol Hill November 10, 2009 in Washington, DC. The bipartisan members of Congress were hearing testimony about proposals for long-term fiscal stability in the wake of last year's financial meltdown.

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  1. WASHINGTON - NOVEMBER 10: Senate Budget Committee ranking member Sen. Judd Gregg (R-NH) delivers an opening statement as committee Chairman Kent Conrad (D-ND) during a hearing on Capitol Hill November 10, 2009 in Washington, DC. Bipartisan members of Congress testified during the hearing about long-term fiscal stability in the wake of last year's financial meltdown.
  2. WASHINGTON - NOVEMBER 10: Senate Budget Committee Chairman Kent Conrad (D-ND) (C) prepares for a full committee hearing on Capitol Hill November 10, 2009 in Washington, DC. The committee heard testimony from a bipartisan group of members of Congress about proposals for long-term fiscal stability in the wake of last year's financial meltdown.
  3. WASHINGTON - NOVEMBER 10: Members of the Senate Budget Committee Sen. Judd Gregg (R-NH) (3rd L), Chairman Kent Conrad (D-ND) (C) and Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA) (R) observe a moment of silence for the victims of last week's mass shooting at Fort Hood during a committee hearing on Capitol Hill November 10, 2009 in Washington, DC. The bipartisan members of Congress were hearing testimony about proposals for long-term fiscal stability in the wake of last year's financial meltdown.
  4. Senate Budget Committee Chairman Sen. Kent Conrad, D-N.D., speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2009.
  5. Senate Budget Committee Chairman Sen. Kent Conrad, D-N.D., speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2009.
  6. WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 13: Senate Finance Committee members (L-R) Sen. Jeff Bingaman (D-NM), Sen. Kent Conrad (D-ND), Sen. John Rockefeller (D-WV), Chairman Max Baucus (D-MT), ranking member Sen. Charles Grassley (R-IA), Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT) and Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-ME) finish remarks before voting 14-9 to pass health care reform legislation on Capitol Hill October 13, 2009 in Washington, DC. Snowe casted the only Republican vote for the groundbreaking legislation.
  7. WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 29: U.S. President Barack Obama (L) and White House Office of Public Engagement and Intergovernmental Affairs Chief of Staff Michael Strautmanis (R) greet Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA), after Obama delivered remarks to members of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, National Federation of Independent Business, and small business owners and organizations from across the country about how his administration plans to help small businesses at the White House October 29, 2009 in Washington, DC. Obama outlined plans to increase access to capital and health reform that gives small businesses the ability to control health costs. The U.S. Commerce Department announced that the economy grew at a rate of 3.5-percent in the third quarter, signaling some recovery.
  8. WASHINGTON - SEPTEMBER 24: (l to r) Senator Mark Warner (VA), Rep. Chris Smith (NJ), Rep. Edward Markey (MA) and Terry Moran on a panel discussion at 'Rock Stars of Science' sponsored by Geoffrey Beene Foundation & ResearchAmerica to engage heath and medicine discussion at the Capitol Visitors Center Auditorium on September 24, 2009 in Washington, DC.
  9. WASHINGTON - SEPTEMBER 24: (l to r) Senator Mark Warner (VA) and Rep. Chris Smith (NJ) on a panel discussion at 'Rock Stars of Science' sponsored by Geoffrey Beene Foundation & ResearchAmerica to engage heath and medicine discussion at the Capitol Visitors Center Auditorium on September 24, 2009 in Washington, DC.
  10. Members of the money lending industry participate at the Small Business Financing Forum, Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009, at the Treasury Department in Washington. From left are, David Rader of Wells Fargo, Steve Steinour of Huntington Bank, Bessie Swan of Wheeler Creek Community Development Corp., Small Business Administration Administrator Karen Mills, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, Kevin Watters of JP Morgan, Cynthia Blankenship of Bank of the West and Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va.
  11. WASHINGTON - NOVEMBER 10: Senate Banking Committee Chairman Christopher Dodd (D-CT) (C) is joined by Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA) (L) and Sen. Charles Schumer (D-NY) (R) during a news conference about proposed financial reform legislation at the U.S. Capitol November 10, 2009 in Washington, DC. Dodd said the legislation will give government new authority to prevent another economic collapse, protect consumers and dismantle institutions described as 'too big to fail.'
  12. WASHINGTON - NOVEMBER 10: Senate Banking Committee Chairman Christopher Dodd (D-CT) (C) is joined by Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA) (L) and Sen. Charles Schumer (D-NY) (R) during a news conference about proposed financial reform legislation at the U.S. Capitol November 10, 2009 in Washington, DC. Dodd said the legislation will give government new authority to prevent another economic collapse, protect consumers and dismantle institutions described as 'too big to fail.'
  13. WASHINGTON - NOVEMBER 10: Senate Budget Committee ranking member Sen. Judd Gregg (R-NH) delivers an opening statement as committee Chairman Kent Conrad (D-ND) during a hearing on Capitol Hill November 10, 2009 in Washington, DC. Bipartisan members of Congress testified during the hearing about long-term fiscal stability in the wake of last year's financial meltdown.
  14. WASHINGTON - NOVEMBER 10: Members of the Senate Budget Committee Sen. Judd Gregg (R-NH) (3rd L), Chairman Kent Conrad (D-ND) (C) and Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA) (R) observe a moment of silence for the victims of last week's mass shooting at Fort Hood during a committee hearing on Capitol Hill November 10, 2009 in Washington, DC. The bipartisan members of Congress were hearing testimony about proposals for long-term fiscal stability in the wake of last year's financial meltdown.
  15. FILE - In this Sept. 17, 2009 file photo Sen. Mike Johanns, R-Neb., second from left, talks about health care reform on Capitol Hill in Washington with, from left, Sen. Judd Gregg, R-N.H., Johanns, Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., Vermont Gov. James Douglas, and Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour. Johanns, in the GOP's weekly video and radio address Saturday Oct. 24, 2009, asked voters a basic question about Democratic proposals to overhaul the nation's health care system; "Will this improve your life?".
  16. FILE - In this Sept. 17, 2009 file photo Sen. Mike Johanns, R-Neb., second from left, talks about health care reform on Capitol Hill in Washington with, from left, Sen. Judd Gregg, R-N.H., Johanns, Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., Vermont Gov. James Douglas, and Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour. Johanns, in the GOP's weekly video and radio address Saturday Oct. 24, 2009, asked voters a basic question about Democratic proposals to overhaul the nation's health care system; "Will this improve your life?".

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