Mark Udall: “I support ordering the previous question because I think the House should proceed to considering H.R. 5719, the Taxpayer…”

“I support ordering the previous question because I think the House should proceed to considering H.R. 5719, the Taxpayer Assistance and Simplification Act, without unnecessary delay. Some have urged that Members oppose ordering the previous question so that the House could consider legislation to make permanent all the tax cuts the Bush Administration pushed through Congress in 2001. I supported some of those reductions, but opposed others, and am not convinced that they should all be made permanent. But in any event, they will remain in effect until 2010. There is no need for us to consider today which should be extended, either as they stand or in modified form. I think instead we should proceed to the debate on H.R. 5719, and so I am voting to order the previous question.”