Charles Rangel: “it is amazing how the leadership here can get hold of one or two Democrats and believe that everything they do is…”

“it is amazing how the leadership here can get hold of one or two Democrats and believe that everything they do is bipartisan. It reminds me of the story that Jim Wright told about this wonderful Texas stew that everyone loved, and they asked what kind of stew it was? He said it was horse and rabbit stew. They said, it tastes delicious. What is the recipe? He said, oh, it is one horse and one rabbit. They said, it tastes delicious, but how do you do it? He said one-half horse, one-half rabbit is how we make it. Except it is one whole horse and one small rabbit. And that is how the Republicans have moved forward in trying to get bipartisanship here. But I tell you, the tax bill, the $1.3 trillion tax bill, certainly was not bipartisan. This bill is not bipartisan. And the rule which I stand to oppose will not even allow us the opportunity to provide the revenues to pay for this bill, if and when it becomes law. There is a train wreck that is going to occur, and the train wreck is that we have signed more checks, or promised to sign more checks, than we have made deposits in the bank.”