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“for the 1 minute in opposition, I urge my colleagues to vote ``no'' on this amendment. It spends more than $50 billion and pays for it by raising taxes. This amendment is again telling the Finance Committee exactly how to do its work. But worse yet, the President's budget proposal for community college tuition free for all is not free for the States. The Federal Government would pay 75 percent, but the States have to pay 25 percent. That is a 25-percent unfunded mandate. There is no provision for the States to be covered under this thing. So we are telling them they are going to provide free college, although a lot of them already do. For the poor, the Pell grant is $5,775, and the average college tuition is $3,347. But it is not clear exactly what strings the administration would attach to States and community colleges in exchange for a 75-percent match. Some of Senator Baldwin's tax reform ideas may have merit, but they should be dealt with in the context of comprehensive tax reform rather than as a stand-alone proposal. I ask my colleagues to vote ``no.'' The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Cassidy). The question is on agreeing to the Baldwin amendment. The yeas and nays have been ordered. The clerk will call the roll. The bill clerk called the roll. The result was announced--yeas 45, nays 55, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No.…”