If my reading is correct, and I have not been a part of any of the meetings, it appeared to me that one of the reasons that the tax cut was reduced from $726 billion to $550 billion to $350 billion was because there was disagreement in the gentleman's own party between the two bodies, between the House and Senate.
Discussing the reduction of a proposed tax cut during a floor debate.
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I will add that I am a little disturbed and concerned about three issues...there is an enormous gap between what we said we want to spend and what we actually intend to spend.
this debate has boiled down to simply a difference in priorities. I agree with a lot of my colleagues that a tax cut is probably needed; but we followed the advice of the other side of the aisle 2 years ago, and we have heard my…
I close on this: the addiction to soft money, all of us will be okay without it. We can find ways to pay for our golf tournaments, to pay for our resort visits. We can find ways to pay for all of those things we pay for with soft money now.
Do grant a full, free, and absolute pardon unto Richard Nixon for all offenses against the United States.
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