Chuck Grassley: “This amendment has been approved by the Senate Finance Committee a long time ago. This amendment has the support of the…”

“This amendment has been approved by the Senate Finance Committee a long time ago. This amendment has the support of the President of the United States. This amendment has the support of the person who will be the Republican nominee for President of the United States, a former Member of this body, Bob Dole. I would imagine, if we could get this amendment to a vote, it would carry overwhelmingly. If anybody wonders why sometimes the political process does not work, the decisionmaking process does not work, this is a perfect example. How much better of a position should the Senate be in to get work done, passing very good legislation, when the President of the United States, who is a Democrat, thinks it ought to be done and the Republican nominee to be thinks it ought to be. If they agree on it, it seems to me it ought to have a pretty good chance of passing the Senate but not so. Just remember, that is the situation.”