mr. capuano is not a politician so let's take a look at the poll dat. you and me, mr. fattah we'll look at these numbers. that's in our poll. and the latest quinnipiac poll has 69%. 69% say to go with the deal. this is 72% of republicans. 72% of independents. mr. capuano, i have to go back to you, 71% support this among union households this deal. what do you make of that? union households. >> who doesn't want a tax cut? that's -- i ask the question, do they want to lay it on their kids? why are they bothering to save money to send their kids to college and help them going forward? we're laying this on our children, everybody knows it and when you ask that question you get a different answer. if you ask for a tax cut i'm for that. i'll get a good tax cut out of this bill but at the same time my responsibility here is not just to the people who are here right now, it's also the future of this country. and we will regret this vote in a few years if we don't deal with our deficit and our debt right now. >> plete ask you, mr. fattah, what's it like you in the cloak room? h

mr. capuano? he wants to be the one saying, those damn democrats let your taxes go up, here were january 15th or whatever. >> he'll be the guy leading the charge next year to cut the programs that are so important. and i don't want to do that. i think that's absolutely inevitable. they're going to do it any way and to add another trillion dollars is going to empower it even more. >> is rush right, if you don't deal with this tax issue, the bad guys will come in and look like the heroes? aren't you thinking political at that is all this? >> but i think i have to think philosophically as well. mr. fattah? is rush limbaugh right? >> they're as liberal as they come. i'm going to vote for it in the house. there will be members who disagree and on legitimate points. anytime a deal is struck, some are not going to like it. there will be enough votes to pass this. we'll send it to the president for his signature. i think the senate's going to pass don't ask don't tell. we've got to get the appropriations

mr. capuano: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, like all major bills that we do here, there is good and bad in this bill. there are things i like and things i don't like. thanks a normal circumstance here. but in the final analysis, i think people have to ask themselves one simple question. are we ever going to get to the place where we pay our bills? this bill doesn't do it. in 2002, the last time this house had the opportunity to be fiscally responsible, and that's not the same thing as fiscally conservative or liberal, it's responsible, we voted to let the pay-go rules go and the results are where we are today. this bill will kill our children with very little input or benefit at the moment. it is not an emergency. i want a tax cut just like everyone else. but i also consider myself -- i am a social liberal. i do believe in social security and medicare and senior housing and all the other things that we do here. i do believe in them. i know that others don't and i respect those who want to cut those programs. let's have

mr. capuano, and the gentleman from nebraska, mr. terry, each will control 20 minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from massachusetts. mr. capuano: thank you, mr. speaker. and i'd like to immediately go to the sponsor of the bill, ms. kaptur from ohio, to yield to her as much time as she may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from ohio is recognized. ms. kaptur: thank you, mr. speaker. and thank you very much to my dear colleague, congressman capuano of massachusetts, for yielding me this time. in support of moving today, h.r. 5510, the aiding those facing foreclosure act, would merely allow technical clarification language to existing legislation, no authorization of funding or anything like that is included in this bill. i would like to thank my colleagues on both sides of the aisle for their support and for bringing this forth today. in particular i'd like to thank chairman frank, congressman steve latourette, for their ongoing efforts on behalf of homeowners facing foreclosure. ohio is among those states labeled as the hardest hit in our nation