Pete Domenici: “I want to say one more time that the time for those arguments was 27 years ago. When this bill, the Budget Impoundment…”

“I want to say one more time that the time for those arguments was 27 years ago. When this bill, the Budget Impoundment Act, was adopted, it essentially permitted reconciliation instructions. And if they were given by majority vote of the Senate and the House, then a committee had to adopt laws consistent with it. If that was too early, we have adopted 15 tax bills under this Budget Act--10 were tax increases; 5 were tax decreases. If 27 years ago was too long ago to raise the objection, we had 15 different budget resolutions that came to the floor that had taxes in them. Some might have objected. But the truth is, the strongest arguments have been made on this particular reconciliation instruction. I believe it is because some don't want to let the President have a chance to have his taxes voted on--plain, pure, and simple. I think that is going to fail tonight. He is going to get his chance.”