SOME SANITY

"I do not know how anyone can say with a straight face that when we voted to cut spending last week to help achieve deficit reductions we can now then turn around two weeks later to provide tax cuts that exceed the reduction in spending. That is beyond me, and I am sure the American people."

Sen. George V. Voinovich (R-OH) in a floor statement expressing his opposition to bill extending tax cuts from President Bush's first term. The bill would deny the federal government $60 billion in revenue over 5 years.