Thomas Daschle: “on several occasions we have had debates with the Parliamentarian and with the majority with regard to the issue of…”

“on several occasions we have had debates with the Parliamentarian and with the majority with regard to the issue of relevancy. I point out to my colleagues, the concept of relevancy is only defined as it relates to an appropriations bill. There is no definition of relevancy. In our view, all of these issues are relevant to the debate on marriage tax penalty. We believe relevancy ought to be taken in that context. I am troubled by the interpretation we have gotten from the Parliamentarian a couple of times on the issue of relevancy. In our view, these matters are certainly relevant to the debate on tax consequences and marriage penalties.”