Max Baucus: “I believe this amendment should be adopted by every Senator because essentially it is saying if we have a surplus in…”

“I believe this amendment should be adopted by every Senator because essentially it is saying if we have a surplus in 2012, as contemplated by the budget resolution, these are priorities all of us support. If these were before the Senate today as actual tax provisions--and they will be, I am sure, at some future date because the current tax cuts don't expire until 2010--that we will vote for them anyway because it is the right thing to do. Marriage penalty relief, child tax credit, the combat pay exception for soldiers, adoption credit, the 10-percent bracket--these are all provisions that are very important. The American public deserves them. I hope very much this amendment will be adopted by all Members because I think it is something all Members and all the citizens of our country support.”