mr. speaker , i thank the gentleman for yielding .  all i can tell the gentleman is , i know there is a lot of discussion about that over in the senate .  i do not know what their resolution is , even if there is a resolution on the senate side .  the house , as the gentleman knows , passed the budget that has substantial mandatory savings in it .  the house is very interested in holding the line on their mandatory savings , and the senate is trying to work through this process .  so it is really up to the senate as to what they are going to bring to the conference .  