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“Reserving the right to object, the Senator's request is asking to disregard what the Senate did on those days--54 days ago--to go through over 100 amendments and defeat those amendments time and time again; to go to conference--not behind closed doors, I would add. A conference committee is a committee that is out in the public. What is happening right now is closed-door agreements. What we are asking for is an open process where we are allowed to take the Senate- passed budget and the House-passed budget, go to conference, and find out where we can agree so we can put this behind us. I object to the Senator's request and ask again for our unanimous consent request to move to budget conference, as we do in regular order, which is what the Republicans have been demanding for a very long time. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Objection is heard. Does the Senator from Utah object?”