This is...well, it's just sad. Ranking member Jim McCrery (R-La.) said the AMT patch should not be offset because the patch is not a tax cut, rather is prevents a tax increase. Congress, he said, is in a "straight jacket" McCrery is a 16-year old explaining a fender bender to his parents. "No, see, what happened was I didn't crash into that parked car. It was parked illegally, right? So it prevented me from driving legally. It ran into me, really."