Jim Ramstad: “a year ago at the dawn of a new Presidential administration, Americans eagerly awaited enactment of the promised…”

“a year ago at the dawn of a new Presidential administration, Americans eagerly awaited enactment of the promised middle-income tax cut. We all know what happened. No tax cut. Instead, retroactive tax increases--even on the dead. I am sure if Members of this body were asked a year ago today, ``Are taxes going to be raised retroactively back to the Bush administration?,'' all of us would have said ``No.'' Yet, that is exactly what Congress did. This should never happen again. That's why I introduced House Resolution 247, which would amend the House Rules to establish a point of order against considering any measure that contains a retroactive tax increase. Even though House Resolution 247 has been cosponsored by 135 Members from both sides of the aisle, the Rules Committee has refused to hold a hearing on this resolution. Accordingly, I have been compelled to file a discharge petition. I urge all of my colleagues, Democrats and Republicans alike, to sign it today. Let us abolish retroactive taxes.”