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. Getty Images logo Getty Images 2 weeks ago

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.

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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 - 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.
  8. 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.
  9. 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?".
  10. 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?".
  11. 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?".
  12. US President Barack Obama speaks during an event celebrating the Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the United States Senate, at the Ritz Carlton Hotel in Washington, DC, on October 14, 2009. Dedicated to improving civic education and educating about the role and importance of the US Senate and named after the late Massachusetts Senator Ted Kennedy, the Institute will be located on the campus of the University of Massachusetts.
  13. U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) puts his arm around Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi as they speak about their meeting between Congressional leadership and President Barack Obama on Afghanistan and Pakistan at the White House in Washington, October 6, 2009.
  14. WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 01: Ranking member U.S. Senate Finance Committee member Chuck Grassley (R-IA) listens during a hearing on Capitol Hill October 1, 2009 in Washington, DC. The committee continued to vote on amendments to healthcare reform legislation.
  15. WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 01: Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-ME) speaks during a hearing before the U.S. Senate Finance Committee on Capitol Hill October 1, 2009 in Washington, DC. The committee continued to vote on amendments to healthcare reform legislation.
  16. WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 01: U.S. Senate Finance Committee Chairman Sen. Max Baucus (D-MT) (2nd R) talks to Sen. John Rockefeller (D-WV) (L) and Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-WA) during a break in a hearing on Capitol Hill October 1, 2009 in Washington, DC. The committee continued to vote on amendments to healthcare reform legislation.

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