For Tax Cut Bill, Senators Face Vote on Boosting Deficit

By Humberto Sanchez, ROLL CALL

Senators will likely face a separate vote on boosting the deficit in order to pass an $85 billion tax cut extenders bill, according to key Senate Republicans.

Retiring Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., a staunch opponent of the extenders bill, said he would “raise every order I can” to block the bill and “try to get us to do the right thing” for taxpayers.

He expects someone on the Budget Committee to raise a budget point of order. And, “If they don’t I will,” Coburn said.

“I will raise every order I can to try to get us to do the right thing as far as the American taxpayer and our kids” are concerned, he continued.