Democrats and Republicans agree that the system is out of control.
The problem, members say, is that the Democrats cannot agree on a deep reduction in the military budget.
If the Democrats agreed to that principle, the rest would be easy.
In some cases, the two Democrats agree more or less on policy but stress different aspects.
But not all Democrats have agreed on how to do this.
Nor was he able to get the Democrats to agree to changes in workers' compensation.
Democrats also reluctantly agreed to give a few states a bit more control over money.
What's striking today is how much Democrats on either side of the 1990s debate agree with one another.
Part of the reason for this is that the Democrats can't agree on who they are.
The Democrats would agree, so long as information on the employment practices was available.