I accept Senator Badger's amendment as friendly.
Hold on here. Bullmoose, Libertas---would this amendment actually change either of your positions on the bill?
It certainly makes the bill more palatable from my perspective. Of course, I'd obviously prefer in most situations to repeal taxes to even the playing field--especially when the economy isn't doing so well--but if that fantasyland isn't possible the amendment seems to instill some reality into the bill.
At the very least, even if I'm still not on the aye side of the measure (how I'll exactly vote depends on the final text, the original gets a nay from me), I'm a lot more comfortable with its passage as amended.