Political Quotes

“on behalf of Senator Talent, I would like to call up his amendment. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report. The assistant journal clerk read as follows: The Senator from Tennessee [Mr. Frist], for Mr. Talent, proposes an amendment numbered 2727. The amendment is as follows: (Purpose: To express the sense of the Senate regarding the permanent extension of the amendments to the child tax credit made by the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 and the Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2003) At the appropriate place insert the following: SEC. ___. SENSE OF THE SENATE REGARDING THE PERMANENT EXTENSION OF EGTRRA AND JGTRRA PROVISIONS RELATING TO CHILD TAX CREDIT. It is the sense of the Senate that the conferees for the Tax Relief Act of 2006 should strive to permanently extend the amendments to the child tax credit under section 24 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 made by the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 and the Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2003. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question is on agreeing to the amendment. The amendment (No. 2727) was agreed to. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Montana is recognized. Amendment No. 2728 to Amendment No. 2707”