Mr. Speaker, this budget resolution in order to balance the budget in 5 years caps discretionary spending and issues reconciliation directives to a number of House and Senate committees. These directives simply set forth targets that each committee must meet, but behind these reconciliation directives are major policy and procedural agreements.
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