Since I have interrupted the Senator, let me ask one additional question. I notice that even though the Senator's menu yields $127 billion, that he only requires $85 billion for the 1-year sequester replacement, which means that, for instance, if just the Buffet rule were put in place, which is a tax fairness approach, plus the bottom one, a tax break for offshoring, those two items out of this menu--and there are many other items which are not on the Senator's menu, those two items alone could reverse sequester for 1 year?
Mike Levin: “Since I have interrupted the Senator, let me ask one additional question. I notice that even though the Senator's menu…”
On the recordMay 23, 2013
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