This bill does nothing whatsoever to stop the fleecing of the taxpayer by listing earmarks on tax bills.

The NRA was one of the items that we pointed to when we added money to the labor, health and Education appropriations bill by reducing the size of the tax cut.

This bill is replete with gimmicks. It hides $45 billion in budgetary sleight of hand. This would be laughable if it wasn't so corrosive to the public's perception of what we are doing.

This bill is replete with gimmicks, ... It hides $45 billion in budgetary sleight of hand. This would be laughable if it wasn't so corrosive to the public's perception of what we are doing.

Non-compliance amounts to a tax of about $2,000 on every taxpayer.

Nothing is going to stop Mike Tyson that doesn't have a motor attached.