On the recordAugust 5, 2010
I would just like to correct the statement made by the Senator from South Carolina. He is saying this side has not wanted to extend tax cuts. That is totally inaccurate. This side does want to extend tax cuts, and we will. Come September, the Senator from South Carolina is going to see that this side of the aisle very definitely wants to extend those Bush tax cuts, including the 2001 cuts, the 2003 cuts. The only question is how much to do on AMT and how much to do on Federal estate tax. But we do want to extend them. I see he is walking off the floor because I think he knows I am right and he doesn't want to have to hear it, but the fact is, we are going to extend. We will do our level best. The real question is whether we will have 60 votes to get that passed. That remains to be seen. I hope that happens. I don't see any Senators on that side of the aisle right now, but I hope there are a few--at least one--so hopefully we will get 60 votes in September. But we will make very strong recommendations to extend these tax cuts--maybe not all, entirely, but the vast bulk of them--in an effort to help the American people.
