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the answer to my very dear friend is that, no, the Budget Committee does not have to accept in toto the dollars and cents on anything submitted by the Congressional Budget Office to the Budget Committee. But for all practical purposes, we…

as we may be beginning to make progress on this, maybe we can agree to this amendment. I advise my friend from Ohio that this Senator did not negotiate with the House of Representatives on this matter. I understand that the majority side…

I also simply say that with regard to the House of Representatives, we merely included what we understood our colleagues in the House wanted to do. We do not choose to impose any solution on the House of Representatives. We think we are…

it may be a misunderstanding and we may be talking by each other on some of these matters. I simply point out what I think the ranking member of the Governmental Affairs Committee just alluded to, and that is the fact that what we are…

In a similar vein, Mr. President, the proposal of some to raise the requirement for waiving the new point of order from a majority vote to 60 votes would also split the bipartisan coalition. Another 60-vote point of order in this context…

I rise in support of S. 1, which the Budget Committee unanimously ordered reported on Monday... we are passing the buck without the bucks.

last week we did an amazing thing. The House voted to live by the same rules and laws that the rest of the American people have to live by. Now, we need to take the next step. We need to pass a balanced budget amendment and put Government…

Many times over this last quarter century the loyal fans of the Cornhuskers felt the ground swell of a pending national championship victory, only to know the disappointment as that victory slipped away. Likewise, Mr. Speaker, since 1935…

Year after year, billions of the taxpayers' dollars are larded across the Nation for pork barrel projects created at the behest of our fellow Members. This is nothing new. Each session, Congress persists in passing appropriations bill…

In answer to my friend from North Dakota, I do not know of a better time or a more appropriate time, as I have said. Since we are talking about making laws that we apply to others apply to ourselves, what more important law is there than a…

I simply say to my friend from Iowa that I was very pleased with the fact that he mentioned once again what few know--that the only reductions made in the budget last year were the Exon-Grassley amendments that he and I fashioned and…

It is neutral on that. I think the Senator knows full well what happened in the House of Representatives the other day. But as of now, it would be considered as it has traditionally been considered, a majority vote. However, I would simply…

I would certainly say that I am one of those who for a long time has supported a constitutional amendment to balance the budget, and I intend to support one when it is finally presented in some form, if that form does not raise too many…

I do not intend a filibustering action on this, but when the chairman of the Budget Committee said something earlier about only having 15 minutes to debate that, that came as a big surprise to me. I do not know, nor did I hear, what the…

Let me just note a few highlights that are quite evident from that report. The Congressional Budget Office tells us that unless we take action right now, the deficit will rise to $322 billion in the year 2002. In order to balance the…

the amendment that I am sending to the desk outlines a series of procedures that I think are absolutely necessary to make sure that the balanced budget amendment, which I support, can be fully operative in a reasonable period of time.

Yesterday truly was a historic day in America's history. After 40 years of Democratic control, we finally began to make the process of this institution truly the people's House. Joining this congressional revolution, which began with nine…

I rise in support of item No. 5, the sunshine rule for committees... It's time to open the doors, throw open the windows, and let the glorious light of representative democracy shine in.