On the recordApril 25, 2007
The Rules Committee exists to make rules for debate on the floor of this House. We, on a regular basis, waive the rules for whatever. In fact, we are going to have the supplemental budget on the floor, and line 1 of that supplemental rule talks about waiving rules. So the point is this: If we had had an open rule, as I suggested last night, Mr. Buyer could have offered his amendment. ... The gentleman from Wisconsin (Mr. Obey), during the last Congress, time and time and time again went before the Republican Rules Committee asking for a waiver on an amendment that would repeal the tax cut for the top 1 percent income earners in this country, the multibillionaires, if you will, so that those savings could be put into veterans programs.
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