Don Nickles: “I appreciate his work and how sincere he is with this amendment and with budget process. As chairman of the Budget…”

“I appreciate his work and how sincere he is with this amendment and with budget process. As chairman of the Budget Committee, I will tell you, budget process should come through the Budget Committee. The Senator has an amendment. It is not perfect. It needs to be improved. It needs to go through the Budget Committee. Actually, the Budget Act says it should go through the Budget Committee. I would like to consult with all Members--Democrats and Republicans-- on budget reform. I think we need budget reform, both in process and in implementation. Now, in pay-go, a lot of people get confused, but we actually have pay-go in Senate rules, and we used to have statutory pay-go. One is in the statutes of the United States Code. One is in Senate rules. We have pay-go in Senate rules. I am willing to reinstate pay-go and maybe change the way it is drafted to some extent.”