Harry Reid: “we do have eight motions to instruct. I doubt very seriously there will be any others. I will say this: This is the…”

“we do have eight motions to instruct. I doubt very seriously there will be any others. I will say this: This is the procedure, and if the minority wanted to stall this budget reconciliation conference, we could do that. Under the rules of the Senate, we could have, instead of the 8 motions to instruct, 80 or 800. We are not in any way trying to prevent this legislation from going through. As bad as it is, we recognize that we have had a fair shot at it on the floor on a number of occasions. But the eight instructions are instructions that are well taken, and we hope the conferees will follow these instructions. We don't know if any of them will be agreed to. We certainly hope so, but it is certainly something that is worth debating. I was surprised to hear that the distinguished majority leader, when he announced we were going to this piece of legislation, this budget matter, did not call it what it has been called for more than a year; that is, the Budget Deficit Reduction Act of 2005. I guess everyone has come to the realization that the Budget Deficit Reduction Act does not reduce the deficit; it increases it by $50 billion. And I guess there has been a change of name, calling it the Taxpayer Relief Act. I guess if you are rich, it is a Taxpayer Relief Act, but for the poor and middle class, it increases the deficit and it is not a fair piece of legislation.…”