Jeff Bingaman: “this amendment is one Senator Smith and I are offering to delete section 406 from the budget resolution. Section 406…”

“this amendment is one Senator Smith and I are offering to delete section 406 from the budget resolution. Section 406 does for direct spending legislation exactly what the Senate determined not to do with discretionary spending about an hour and a half ago on the Inhofe amendment. It says that for any bill that contains direct spending, a 60-vote point of order can be raised against it. That includes the Defense bill, the farm bill, a tremendous number of bills that we try to pass through the Senate every year. I urge my colleagues to support this amendment and delete that section from the budget resolution. I yield the rest of my time to Senator Smith. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Oregon.”