This bill eliminates the spending reductions agreed to in the sequester, more than doubles the airline ticket tax and uses budget gimmicks to claim savings in future years for spending increases now. ACU opposes tax-and-spend budgets at a time when our national debt is over $17 trillion and opposed this bill and the motion to limit debate (cloture) on the bill. The Senate passed a cloture motion on December 17, 2013, by a vote of 67-33.