Tom Harkin: “I wonder how many Senators know that the underlying continuing resolution is, itself, in violation of the Budget Act. I…”

“I wonder how many Senators know that the underlying continuing resolution is, itself, in violation of the Budget Act. I do not intend to raise a point of order. I could, within my legitimate rights, raise a point of order against the entire continuing resolution. I do not want to do that. I also do not want to be told that this amendment that I am offering, which by any accounting will save the taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars, cannot be accepted because it is in violation of the Budget Act, when the entire continuing resolution is in violation of the Budget Act. I do not see my distinguished chairman on the floor. Again, with all due respect, I do not know how one can argue that my amendment should not be adopted because it violates--and a point of order raised against it, when it truly saves the taxpayers a lot of money, but then go right ahead and vote for the continuing resolution which also is in violation of the Budget Act. I want the Record to show that.”