“We have to consider everything. We have to put taxes on the table.”

“There is nothing good for America that will come out of arguing which part of the debt each party is responsible for.”

— Former Republican Senator Pete Domenici, the co-leader of an independent bipartisan group to be announced today. It’s goal: To study and recommend ways to reduce the national debt, not to be confused with the similarly minded commissions that Congress and the White House are considering.