October 9, 1978
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Mr. MUSKIE. Will the Senator yield?
Mr. HART. I yield.
Mr. MUSKIE. Mr. President, there will be, I gather, two or three amendments of this kind presented to the Senate. Under my interpretation of section 303(b) , which we discussed the other night, a waiver resolution would be in order and, in fact, Senator HART submitted a waiver resolution to the Budget Committee.
In light of the action taken by the Senate the other night, I have not tried to report those waiver resolutions to the floor. They might just complicate the parliamentary situation at the present time.
Mr. President, I still think that issue is a problem which must be addressed in due course. However, I do not think the time for doing so is in the consideration of this tax bill.
Consequently, I simply wanted to explain to Senator HART why the waiver resolution has not been acted upon. There are two others. We have not acted upon them because of the action taken by the Senate in overruling the Parliamentarian the other night.
Mr. HART. I thank the Senator from Maine.
Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senator from Idaho (Mr. CHURCH), the Senator from Wisconsin (Mr. PROXMIRE) , and the Senator from Arkansas (Mr. BUMPERS) be added as cosponsors to this amendment.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.