mr. speaker , i thank the gentleman for yielding . 
the gentleman 's original question was when will we see a conference report for the budget come to the floor . 
i am hoping as soon as possible , obviously . 
i have no idea when the negotiations with the house and the senate will start in earnest , when we will appoint the conference committee . 
there is very little difference , quite frankly , from the house bill and the senate bill , and i would assume that the major issues will be taken care of in a matter of days , if not a couple of weeks . 
so i would assume that we could have a conference report on a budget hopefully by the first of may . 
at least that is what we would like to see happen . 
