Jim Nussle: “Had my vote been recorded, I would have voted 'aye.'”

I thank the gentleman. We will have more discussion about this during the debate on his amendment. I withdraw my reservation. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Without objection, the new form of the amendment is considered as read. There was no…

I am transmitting a revised table for the current level status report published in the Congressional Record on February 1, 2006. As published, the table that compares the current levels of discretionary appropriations for fiscal year 2006…

on the heels of reducing the deficit over the last 2 years by $200 billion, this year we Republicans passed a good budget plan, and it is continuing to work. This year, and we just completed the work, but the House of Representatives…

I want to first thank all of the staff that worked so hard to bring us to this point in time and the leadership on the Budget Committee, and I would like to pay a special thanks to the floor staff and the official reporters and the clerk…