On the recordAugust 5, 2010
She is right. We have worked across the aisle as much as we could. But for some inexplicable reason, we can't seem to get unanimous consent to move such an important and extraordinary bill forward. The small business bill, the Main Street bill, has $12 billion in tax cuts for small business. Democrats are for tax cuts for small businesses that will help them to create the jobs we need. It is very targeted, very strategic, very thoughtful, very careful, and focused on reducing the deficit as well. All I hear from the other side is: Extend tax cuts permanently to everybody, to heck with the deficit. Who cares if we get to a balanced budget. We want to go back to the way things were. Democrats don't want to go back to the way things were. We want to go forward in a new way--with sound fiscal policy, balanced budgets, focused on Main Street, focused on small business. That is what Democrats and a handful of our Republican colleagues want-- unfortunately, not enough to get the job done.
