Anthony Weiner: “Let me just say very briefly, the gentleman from Michigan is correct. We don't directly do what is described in the…”

“Let me just say very briefly, the gentleman from Michigan is correct. We don't directly do what is described in the rule, but the effect is that it is indisputable that someone who is in one tax bracket after this bill will move into another one. The purpose of this rule, and clearer from the annotations--we're trying to look at the purpose of this rule, and the reason we have the Speaker interpreting the rule is to prevent that from happening. And if it's good for the goose, it's good for the gander. You're going to see it happening a lot this term.”