5:51 p.m. Senator Reed spoke against the bill.

5:05 p.m. Senator Whitehouse spoke about the bill and the deficit.

4:58 p.m. Senator Murray spoke about the bill.

4:52 p.m. Senator Merkley spoke about the bill.

4:46 p.m. Senator Paul spoke about the bill and about the deficit.

4:34 p.m. Senator Durbin spoke about the bill and the provider tax.

4:10 p.m. Senator Crapo spoke about the bill and the permanent tax cuts.

3:58 p.m. Senator Peters spoke against the bill.

3:45 p.m. Senator Crapo spoke about the scoring of the bill.

3:10 p.m. Senator Murray raised a parliamentary inquiry-are the remaining nine titles of the Senate substitute scored by CBO using the current law 257 baseline? The answer was yes.

3:09 p.m. Senator Wyden raised a parliamentary inquiry- does the score of the finance title of the Senate substitute the Chairman asserts complies with the instruction, rely on current policy for taxes and current law for health provisions like Medicaid. The answer was yes.

3:08 p.m. Senator Schumer raised a parliamentary inquiry-has the Senate ever used a baseline other than current law baseline under section 257 for enforcement of budget points of order, including under section 313 of the Budget Act during the consideration of a reconciliation measure. The answer was no.

3:07 p.m. Senator Merkley raised a parliamentary inquiry-when the house bill was first laid before the Senate, was the operative baseline under which it would be considered the current law baseline under section 257 of the balanced budget and emergency deficit control act of 1985? The answer was yes.

3:03 p.m. Senator Thune made a point of order under section 313B-1E of the Congressional Budget Act against the substitute amendment #2360. The Chair ruled that under the Congressional Budget Act and the precedence of the Senate, the Chair must rely on determinations made by the Budget Committee in assessing the budgetary effects of the amendment. Section 312 of the Budget Act Sates, for the purposes of this Title 4, the levels of new budgetary authority and revenues for a fiscal year shall be determined on the basis of estimates made by the committee on the budget of the House of Representatives or the Senate as applicable. Unless the Budget Committee speaking through its Chairman asserts that the amendment causes a violation of the Budget Act, the Chair will not hold and the point of order is not well taken. Senator Schumer appealed the ruling of the chair. A vote on the appeal will occur at a later time. .

3:02 p.m. The Senate clerks finished reading the substitute amendment #2360 to H.R. 1.

2:00 p.m. Senate clerks continued to read substitute amendment #2360 to H.R. 1: passing page 875

1:00 p.m. Senate clerks continued to read substitute amendment #2360 to H.R. 1; passing page 810.

12:00 p.m. The Senate suspended for the Chaplain’s prayer as the Senate has been in session since yesterday.

12:00 p.m. Senate clerks continued to read substitute amendment #2360 to H.R. 1; passing page 755.

11:00 a.m. Senate clerks continued to read substitute amendment #2360 to H.R. 1; passing page 690.

10:00 a.m. Senate clerks continued to read substitute amendment #2360 to H.R. 1; passing page 630.

9:00 a.m. Senate clerks continued to read substitute amendment #2360 to H.R. 1; passing page 570.

8:00 a.m. Senate clerks continued to read substitute amendment #2360 to H.R. 1; passing page 498.

7:00 a.m. Senate clerks continued to read substitute amendment #2360 to H.R. 1; passing page 430.

6:00 a.m. Senate clerks continued to read substitute amendment #2360 to H.R. 1; passing page 373.

5:00 a.m. Senate clerks continued to read substitute amendment #2360 to H.R. 1; passing page 312.

4:00 a.m. Senate clerks continued to read substitute amendment #2360 to H.R. 1; passing page 248.

3:00 a.m. Senate clerks continued to read substitute amendment #2360 to H.R. 1; passing page 178.

2:00 a.m. Senate clerks continued to read substitute amendment #2360 to H.R. 1; passing page 129.

1:00 a.m. Senate clerks continued to read substitute amendment #2360 to H.R. 1; passing page 75.

12:00 a.m. Senate clerks continued to read substitute amendment #2360 to H.R. 1; passing page 25.