Kent Conrad: “this just makes clear that we would not be doing something tonight the Senate has never done before: allow direct…”

“this just makes clear that we would not be doing something tonight the Senate has never done before: allow direct spending on a bill such as this without the chance of it being considered in conference and coming back here without any points of order prevailing. I apologize to colleagues for taking this time, but we cannot be engaging in a process never before done in the Senate to spend tens of billions of dollars without the ability to review it when it comes back from conference. I will not object. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The question is on agreeing to amendment No. 2732. The amendment (No. 2732) was agreed to.”