Bill Archer: “Mr. Speaker, the one thing that has not been debated tonight yet is what is in the Democrats' motion to instruct. One…”

“Mr. Speaker, the one thing that has not been debated tonight yet is what is in the Democrats' motion to instruct. One thing that is not in it is a 10 percent across-the-board tax relief to all working Americans and families, men and women who made this surplus possible. What is not in it is marriage penalty relief for millions of Americans who are being punished simply because they got married. That is not in their motion to instruct. They do not include education incentives on student loan interest payments, education savings accounts, and making prepaid college tuition plans tax-free. Those education provisions are not in their motion to instruct. Health care provisions, providing a tax deduction for people who buy their own health insurance, and for long-term care, including help for people who take care of their elderly in their own homes. Our plan has those provisions. It is nowhere to be found in the Democrats' motion to instruct. The Democrat motion has no strengthening of our pension system to help more American workers, particularly women, get a pension and have greater retirement security. No, that is not in their motion. To 100 million American investors, the Democrats say, ``Sorry, you've got to keep paying taxes on your savings every time you sell an asset.'' To 68 million Americans who have small savings accounts, the Democrats have no provision in their motion to instruct to help.”