Over $150 million a year. We knew of the agreement and the binding nature of our agreement, and I felt bound by it in terms of how much money for 2002, and I think that is literally for 2002 but not 2003, 2004, or 2005. So we changed the effective date to 2003 in the amendment before it was sent to the desk.
Discussing budgetary agreements and amendments during a Senate floor debate.
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Without the President we do not get it done ought to be the hue and cry from the Congress and the people of this country.
Well, I would just say that, sometimes when we are working on trying to solve this fiscal problem, the recognition that a long-term fix is what is needed puts many people in the position that they do not know how you do that and do it now.
I believe that that has to happen. I guess the rest is, I hope it happens, and the sooner the better, in my mind.