If you look at the cost of providing health insurance, it actually doesn't cost more to provide a plan with contraceptive coverage than it does without.
Raising the debt limit on some levels is a ministerial act. It doesn't involve any new spending.
Historically, the responsibility for voting on the debt limit has gone to the party in the majority.
I think it's very important not to confuse the importance of dealing with Social Security in the long term with these short-term deficit reduction challenges. They're different issues.
In the budget, the president will call for a five-year freeze on discretionary spending other than for national security. This will reduce the deficit by more than $400 billion over the next decade and bring this category of spending to the lowest share of our economy since Dwight Eisenhower was president.
I think that for the next short period of time, our No. 1 priority is Congress needs to do its work and extend the payroll tax cut.