Patty Murray: “Last year's budget had a $180 billion tax cut in it--not for the wealthiest Americans but for hard-working middle-class…”

“Last year's budget had a $180 billion tax cut in it--not for the wealthiest Americans but for hard-working middle-class Americans. We worked very hard to put together a fiscally responsible budget. We are not going to sit here and listen to 'tax and spend' thrown at us time and time again when, in reality, with the Democratic President 7 years ago we came into the time with a budget that had a surplus, which we soon saw diminished incredibly, and we are now in deficit spending because of an irresponsible tax cut the Republicans have been pushing for the wealthiest of Americans, which even Senator John McCain didn't vote for at the time.”