Jim Inhofe: “the vote we are talking about is to waive the budget point of order that was raised by Senator Enzi. If the budget point…”

“the vote we are talking about is to waive the budget point of order that was raised by Senator Enzi. If the budget point of order is not waived, the NDAA--which I believe is the most significant vote we pass every year; it has passed for 58 consecutive years--will be referred back to committee. So that is really what is at stake here. The budget point of order on the NDAA is primarily caused by three provisions: first, repealing the widow's tax phased in over 3 years. We have been talking about that. That is part of this point of order; secondly, giving visas to Afghans who work closely with the U.S. military during the war; and, third, allowing military servicemembers to file claims for medical malpractice. Now, all three provisions have significant bipartisan support. The widow's tax, as was just stated, has 76 cosponsors in the Senate, 383 in the House. A vote in this Chamber in late September to instruct conference on the widow's tax passed 94 to 0. You might keep that in mind. Anyone who talks now about opposing it actually voted for it back in September. Now, as I mentioned in my remarks last night, I started working to repeal the widow's tax after being inspired by one of my personal heroes, a young lady named Jane Horton.…”