[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 3] [Senate] [Pages 3934-3935] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET FOR THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2009 The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Under the previous order, the [[Page 3935]] Senate will resume consideration of S. Con. Res. 70, which the clerk will report. The legislative clerk read as follows: A concurrent resolution (S. Con. Res. 70) setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2009 and including the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2008 and 2010 through 2013. Pending: Baucus amendment No. 4160, to provide tax relief to middle- class families and small businesses, property tax relief to homeowners, relief to those whose homes were damaged or destroyed by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, and tax relief to America's troops and veterans. Graham amendment No. 4170, to protect families, family farms, and small businesses by extending the income tax rate structure, raising the death tax exemption to $5 million, and reducing the maximum death tax rate to no more than 35 percent; to keep education affordable by extending the college tuition deduction; and to protect senior citizens from higher taxes on their retirement income, maintain U.S. financial market competitiveness, and promote economic growth by extending the lower tax rates on dividends and capital gains. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The majority leader. ____________________