Mr. President, 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…

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

Mr. President, 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 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 legislative clerk called the roll. The result was announced--yeas 52, nays 48, as…

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…

Mr. President, 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…

Mr. President, I request that everybody sit in their seat, and we could do these votes in 7\1/2\ minutes. If everybody wanders off and comes back in, we could be here half the night. There should only be about seven votes left, and some of…

Mr. President, I urge my colleagues to oppose this amendment, reluctantly. I have always fought to make sure the rural communities can keep the lights on. Approximately half of the land in my home State of Wyoming is under Federal control…

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…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the following amendments be called up en bloc and reported by number: Udall amendment No. 1553, Lee amendment No. 1428, Paul amendment No. 1404, Lee amendment No. 1429, Fischer amendment No…

Mr. President, 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…

Mr. President, for the information of Senators, we expect to have this series of votes and then move to passage of the resolution. That means there are hopefully approximately eight votes left. Some of them may be voice votes. Mr…