Sylvester Turner: “The House will take up and consider a major tax cut today without ever having first adopted a budget to see if the tax…”

“The House will take up and consider a major tax cut today without ever having first adopted a budget to see if the tax cut will fit within that budget. No American family, no business would engage in major spending without first adopting a budget. The Congressional Budget Act of 1974 requires the Congress to adopt a budget resolution before votes on tax cuts. The 33 members of the Blue Dog coalition in the House will lead the fight today for a budget first, asking this House to commit to the letter and the spirit of the Budget Act. Democrats want the largest tax cut we can afford, but we do not know how much we can afford until we first have a budget debate and determine what the budget resolution of this Congress provides for. Then we will know how big a tax cut we can afford.”