Max Baucus: “I will briefly explain my amendment. This amendment would achieve all of the same objectives of the Conrad-Gregg…”

“I will briefly explain my amendment. This amendment would achieve all of the same objectives of the Conrad-Gregg amendment but with one exception, and this is an important exception. In the amendment I just offered, there are no fast-track procedures for consideration of the commission's recommendation. Thus, for Senators who want to have a commission consider our fiscal situation and report back to us, this is your alternative. But this alternative would protect the rules of the Senate and the prerogatives of the Senators. I urge my colleagues to support this alternative.”