David Obey: “Which raises taxes for lower-income people. I say to my colleagues, you're real friends of the working folks; aren't…”

The way I see it, we're watching a let's pretend attack on the deficit tonight by singling out these items that cost about a million bucks. If Members are concerned about the deficit, I would ask, why did they vote for two tax cuts…

The most powerful voice in those meetings, and this is what we did in Mr. Davis' district as well, is the voice of the community.

Mr. Speaker, I would simply note that the gentleman is complaining because the committee is using precisely the same procedures that it used in the past when he was chairman and his party was in control of the situation. When Republicans…

I demand a recorded vote. A recorded vote was ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. This will be a 5-minute vote. The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 162, noes 260, not voting 11, as follows: [Roll No. 433] AYES--162…