No. What I am saying is, we provide that estimates can be used. But we also provide that revenue has to match outlays, which the one of the Senator from Nevada does not provide; and, second, we provide that if you want to increase the Federal debt, it requires a three-fifths vote. That means that there is real teeth. Those teeth are not in the version of the Senator from Nevada.
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