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I will not agree that this will go above or before anything from the constitutional amendment on a balanced budget. I will not agree it will climb above the docket of 25 other important things this committee has a responsibility to report out. If my colleagues conclude on the committee that they are willing to bypass the debate on the constitutional amendment on a balanced budget. bypass the constitutional amendment debate on the lineitem veto. bypass the legislation we have before us. which is incredibly controversial. about the question of aliens and the changes in the immigration law. bypass the legislation relating to the crime bill. bypass the legislation relating to everything from the death penalty to habeas corpus. then. so be it. But I am. quite frankly. tired of the U.S. Senate politely. but firmly. directing me as chairman to set the agenda of my committee.