Don Nickles: “The only way to make sure there is not a tax increase on American families is to pass reconciliation. Maybe we don't…”

“The only way to make sure there is not a tax increase on American families is to pass reconciliation. Maybe we don't need it. I hope we don't need it. Maybe we will have some good bipartisan cooperation and we can extend present law to make sure these families don't have a tax increase, but this is a pretty partisan time. We can't even get conferees appointed to the Workforce Reinvestment Act, which would help people to get jobs. Some people are just playing games. I don't want to play games with the American family. We only reconcile $81 billion out of $12 trillion. I want families to have a tax cut. I want them to keep the same tax law they have today. That is a savings of $1,600 for a family of four that has taxable income of $58,000. The only way we can really assure that is going to happen, or increase the likelihood that will happen, will be to have reconciliation. I wish that wasn't necessary, but unfortunately it is.”