Kent Conrad: “Yes, from that list. I won't name one. I will name 10. The Bingaman amendment on education, completely and totally…”

“Yes, from that list. I won't name one. I will name 10. The Bingaman amendment on education, completely and totally offset; the Stabenow amendment on first responders, completely and totally offset; the Byrd amendment on Amtrak, completely offset; the Akaka amendment on veterans, completely offset; the Harkin amendment on education, completely offset; the Kennedy amendment on education, completely offset; the Dayton amendment on IDEA, completely offset; the Dorgan amendment on tribal programs, completely paid for; the Biden amendment on COPS, completely paid for; the Byrd amendment on transit highway, completely paid for, offset. That chart is a total and complete concoction and fabrication. These are budget resolution matters I have talked about where the combined effect of Democratic amendments was to reduce the deficit $57 billion because they were offset. In addition, what that chart does is, it takes on appropriations bills amendments that were offered for 1 year, and our friends on this chart have multiplied them into 5-year amendments. They weren't 5-year amendments. They were 1-year amendments. Appropriations bills are for 1 year, not for 5 years. They have taken them and multiplied them by 5. That is false. Beyond that, those amendments were not offered as a package. They were offered individually. So they would offer an amendment. The amendment was defeated. The money was still available for a different amendment.…”