I understand from conversations with representatives of the Budget Committee that this could be subject to a point of order. If it were. it would be a 50vote point of oder which would. of course. be the same vote necessary to pass the amendment. Second. of course. what the committee has done is to have used an authorizing bill. authorized on an appropriations bill since by virtue of adopting the reductions from section 204(a)(1) of the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 and amending the authorizing language. the effect was to use the appropriations bill as a means of modifying the authorizing language. which is exactly what we are proposing to do for the 1991 year. the effect of which will be to place us into essentially the same position that the States and. I might say. you use the term coalition. there are something in excess of 25 States that are significantly affected by this. This is not a handful of States that are involved.
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