Max Baucus: “very briefly, I voted to lock in more money for education when we were on the budget resolution, by voting for the…”

“very briefly, I voted to lock in more money for education when we were on the budget resolution, by voting for the Harkin amendment. I wish that amendment would have passed, but unfortunately it didn't. As the Senator well knows, the place to lock in big amounts for programs such as education is during the budget debate. The budget resolution was the place we were successful in locking in $300 billion for prescription drugs. But this is not the budget we are debating here. This is the tax bill. And unfortunately, the amount of the tax cut was locked in during the budget debate, and that is what we must be comply with now. Mr. President, I yield back the remainder of my time.”