How much time do I have? The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. There remains 45 seconds.

I ask unanimous consent that I be able to complete these remarks. It might take a few seconds beyond. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so ordered.

Madam President, critics suggest a vote for our balanced budget amendment is a waste of the Chamber's time. That is pure bunk. The same folks who say we should not be voting on the Republicans' balanced budget amendment have also offered…

Mr. President, I am so pleased conservative leaders such as Ed Meese, Dick Thornburgh, and Ken Blackwell have stood in support of a strong balanced budget amendment. I ask unanimous consent to have printed in the Record at this point the…

Mr. President, I have listened with a great deal of interest to my good friend and colleague, and I do care a great deal for him. He has been budget chairman for quite a while. Frankly, he has been a lone voice over on that side, trying to…

Mr. President, while one might quibble with the particulars of Reinhart's and Rogoff's assessment, failure to take it seriously, given the recent struggles of the eurozone, amounts to whistling past the graveyard. To be clear, the…

Mr. President, we will hear there is a reasonable alternative being offered. But we need to understand this for what it is. It doesn't put any spending limitations on Congress. It leaves wide the door for massive tax increases to pay for…

Mr. President, I care a great deal for my colleague from Colorado, and I appreciate his explanation of his amendment. Unfortunately, as I view his amendment, it might work as long as you accept the rachet up of spending and taxing. That is…

While a number of liberal groups committed to more government spending have lined up against our proposal, there is hardly a groundswell of support for the Democratic alternative. In fact, the lack of support for that proposal demonstrates…

That is very kind of you, Mr. Dreier. I would now yield 1 minute to my good friend from Oakland, California, Representative Barbara Lee.

I think people recognize that I'm not a partisan Republican, that I'm someone who is moderate and that my views are progressive.

Newt Gingrich has been an unreliable leader in the conservative movement. This is a person who has a very questionable record when it comes to leading conservative principles.

Mr. Speaker, on that I demand the yeas and nays. The yeas and nays were ordered. The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 227, nays 174, not voting 32, as follows: [Roll No. 917] YEAS--227 Adams Aderholt Akin Alexander…

Again, I want to thank the gentleman for allowing our side to have some voice in this matter. He yielded me time in the name of the season; so I will frame my remaining remarks in that frame. The season is the reason; 'Tis almost treason…

That is quite generous of the gentleman. And so I will yield a minute and a half to my very eloquent colleague, the gentlelady from Texas, Representative Sheila Jackson Lee.

How much time do I have remaining, Mr. Speaker? The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentlewoman from Wisconsin has 1\1/2\ minutes remaining.

I thank you so much, Mr. Speaker. Sadly, we're here once again with my Republican colleagues who are trying to ram through this fat-cat tax extenders legislation, providing mere crumbs from the master's table for working people that will…

Mr. Speaker, I raise a point of order against H. Res. 491 because the resolution violates Section 426(a) of the Congressional Budget Act. The resolution contains a waiver of all points of order against consideration of the bill, which…