Kent Conrad: “I will not object. This, frankly, is a complicated amendment. I am not sure I fully understand all the implications or…”

“I will not object. This, frankly, is a complicated amendment. I am not sure I fully understand all the implications or ramifications of it, but the basic notion that we try to make certain that reconciliation is used for deficit reduction is one I embrace and, in fact, one that is in the budget resolution before us. We have a requirement in this budget resolution that reconciliation only be used for deficit reduction. The amendment of the Senator from New Hampshire is an attempt to send that signal even more clearly, if I understand it correctly, and the Senator can correct me if I misinterpret it. That is my interpretation, and on that basis I would accept the amendment.”