Harry Reid: “If we are going to be logical about this debate, then if you look at the underlying bill, that is the marriage tax…”

“If we are going to be logical about this debate, then if you look at the underlying bill, that is the marriage tax penalty the Republicans are pushing forward, you will find 60 percent of it is not relevant to the marriage tax penalty--60 percent of it is not relevant. So if he is talking about relevancy, which I think should have no bearing on the proceedings here, 60 percent of their own underlying bill is not relevant. So I think, I repeat, our leader has been so generous, trying to move things along. I think his statement is underlined by all the other 44 Democratic Senators. We support every step he has made. We think he is doing the right thing in protecting the prerogatives of the Senate, having this debate in the Senate where there is free debate. We are not even asking for free debate; we are asking there be some debate, which is not being allowed.”