And a picture outside the hearing room taken a bit earlier, as protesters gathered in the hallway outside the Senate Budget committee. Many of them shouting kill the bill, dont kill us. The hearing was interrupted several times as police removed demonstrators from the hearing room. The Senate Budget committee met today, and approved legislation to reform the tax code, and open the Arctic National wildlife refuge to expanded oil and gas drilling. The 521page combined reconciliation bill contains three major pieces of legislation. Tax reform and the individual Health Insurance mandate repeal bill passed by the finance committee and the Energy Committees oil and gas Drilling Initiative in alaska. The measure passed the Budget Committee today on a 1211 Party Line Vote. Prohibits the Budget Committee from substantially changing the proposed legislation thats before us. Our work today is a ministerial nature. We are here to combine the legislative recommendations from the finance and the ene
Recommendations to the committee of the budget of its house which upon receiving such recommendations shall report to the house. This is a different process from the markup of our budget resolution. We are operating under the constraints imposed by the statute. Practice ofith past the committee, when considering reconciliation bills, no amendments are available or todays market. Todays markup. Members who wish to amend this legislation will have that opportunity on the senate floor, where the bill will be open to an unlimited number of amendments. But today well vote only on whether to report the reconciliation package to the full senate. For the information of senators following my statement, ill recognize Ranking Member sanders to give remarks. Well then vote to report the legislation while we have a forum present. The members are advised we expect the vote to occur after we finish speaking. After the two of us finish speaking. Following the vote, i will recognize other members wishi
Several times by protesters. The tax bill now goes to the senate. The committee will come to order. As the congressional budget act prohibits the Budget Committee from substantially changing the proposed legislation before us, our today is administered area of nature. We are here to combine the recommendations and to report the combined bill to the full senate. I remind my colleagues that section 310 b of the budget act states when more than one committee of the house or senate determined to recommend changes, each such committee so directed will make such recommendations and submit said recommendations to the committee of the budget of its house which upon receiving such recommendations shall report to the house. This is a different process from the markup of our budget resolution. We are operating under the constraints imposed by the statute. Practice ofith past the committee, when considering reconciliation bills, no amendments are available or todays market. Todays markup. Members
Vote the presiding officer on this vote the yeas are 52. The nays are 48. The motion is agreed to. The clerk will report the bill. The clerk calendar number 266 h. R. 1 an act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to titles 2 and 5 of the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2018. Mr. Mcconnell mr. President . The presiding officer majority leader. Mr. Mcconnell i ask unanimous consent the senate that senator wyden or his designee be recognized to offer a motion to commit the bill, text of which is at the desk. I further ask that the time until 8 00 p. M. Be equally divided between the leaders or their designees and that at 8 00 p. M. The senate vote in relation to the motion to commit with no intervening action or debate and that following the disposition of the wyden motion, the majority leader be recognized. The presiding officer is there objection . Without objection. Mr. Wyden mr. President. The presiding officer the senator from oregon. Mr. Wyden i ask unanimous c
Negotiating. One of the Republican Leaders in the senate, John Barrasso joins us to discuss Senate Passage of the g. O. P. Tax plan and what comes next. And we will ask president Trumps National security advisor, h. R. Mcmaster, about Michael Flynn pleading guilty to lying to the fbi in the rush of probe. We begin there with correspondent kevin corke live at the white house withheld the president inner circle is handling the news. Reporter a twitter storm early sunday with the president tweeting several tweets about the fbi, calling them inconsistent and unfair in the ongoing worship row. The white house also found itself trying to save yet another selfinflicted twitter wound. Not over the substance, but rather over the style and lack of nuance and social media, which is raising all sorts of serious questions. Speak of the president waited i had to fire general flint because he had lied to the Vice President and the fbi. Hes been guilty look to those lies. Its a shame because his actio