I know of no further amendments to the resolution. Amendment No. 1116, as Amended The PRESIDING OFFICER. There will now be 2 minutes of debate equally divided prior to a vote in relation to amendment No. 1116, as amended.

I appreciate the way those on that side have taken their seats and voted. Amendment No. 1428 The PRESIDING OFFICER. There will now be 2 minutes of debate, equally divided, prior to a vote in relation to Lee amendment No. 1428. The Senator…

I ask for the yeas and nays. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second? There appears to be a sufficient second. The clerk will call the roll. The senior assistant legislative clerk called the roll. The result was announced--yeas…

again, this is another attempt to do the Finance Committee's work as part of the budget. I urge my colleagues to oppose this amendment. The amendment would inappropriately bind the Finance Committee's work on any tax legislation it writes…

I ask unanimous consent that the following amendments be called up en bloc and reported by number: Paul No. 1296 and Cardin No. 1375. I further ask unanimous consent that the Senate vote in relation to these amendments in the order listed…

I urge my colleagues to oppose this amendment. The amendment seeks to reduce discretionary appropriations this fiscal year by $43 billion. As Members are aware, the resolution's discretionary figures for this fiscal year are fully…

I urge my colleagues to oppose this amendment. The budget resolution's reconciliation instruction to the Finance Committee does not and should not specify the policies or provisions that are being reported out of the Budget Committee…

I urge my colleagues to oppose this amendment. Budget rules don't accommodate current tax policy. This means at least $460 billion of scored revenue loss can be attributed to the difference between a current law baseline and a current…

I further ask that the pending Kaine amendment be temporarily laid aside and that the Brown amendment No. 1378 be made pending and be the next vote in the series, with 2 minutes of debate prior to the vote. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without…

I ask unanimous consent that the following amendments be called up en bloc and reported by number: Paul No. 1298, Lee No. 1430, and Paul No. 1277. I further ask unanimous consent that the Senate now vote in relation to the Kaine amendment…

I urge my colleagues to oppose this amendment, which would create an uneven playing field for the upcoming congressional reconciliation. If adopted, this amendment would reinstate a point of order from the fiscal year 2008 budget…

That is the substitute. I yield back time on that. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Vermont.

I ask unanimous consent that the following amendments be called up en bloc and reported by number: Flake No. 1178, Baldwin No. 1139, Rubio No. 1205, Heitkamp No. 1228, Portman No. 1422, Donnelly No. 1234, and Kaine No. 1249. I further ask…

I am going to contain my remarks to the budget and its process. For several days--in fact, for several weeks--I have been listening to the same rhetoric of what this budget will do. This budget is a special process. It does outline a plan…

I am tempted to debate that, but we will get to do that as we do the provisions of this after it is all voted on. I hope everybody will adopt the substitute by voice, and then vote on adoption of the resolution. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are…

I ask unanimous consent that the Donnelly amendment be modified with the text of his amendment No. 1423, which is at the desk. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The amendment (No. 1234), as modified, is as…

this amendment is corrosive to the budget resolution's privilege. So it falls outside the scope of what is appropriate for inclusion. Adoption of corrosive amendments could be fatal to the resolution's privilege, and loss of privilege…

I urge my colleagues to oppose this amendment. The congressional budget clearly empowers the Budget Committee chair as scorekeeper. Since becoming chairman in 2015, I am pleased to say that the Budget Committee has always discharged its…

I yield the floor. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from North Carolina.

I ask unanimous consent that the votes following this first vote--the one we just finished--be 10 minutes in length, all of the rest of them. Actually, there is a request for 5 minutes in length. We doubt that we can do it in 10, but the…

I urge my colleagues to oppose this amendment. This amendment would increase mandatory spending and taxes each by more than $1 trillion. I understand my colleagues are concerned about Medicaid. I want to assure them that this budget is…

this week the Senate is debating a fiscal year 2018 budget resolution focused on growing America's economy through tax policies that put more money in the hands of hard-working Americans. Tax reform is long overdue and is needed to jump…

I urge my colleagues to oppose this amendment. It sounds like something simple. It is aimed at ending the budget resolution. This budget does not cut Medicare, and it does not provide tax breaks for the wealthy. It does not protect special…

I call up the following amendments en bloc and ask unanimous consent that they be reported by number and that the rollcall votes in relation to the amendments occur in the order listed: Hatch No. 1144, Sanders No. 1119, Nelson No. 1150…

for the benefit of my colleagues, this next vote will be the last roll call vote of the day. Senator Collins has graciously agreed to do a voice vote on her amendment. On this amendment, though, I am going to urge my colleagues to oppose…