Caveat: This is very inside-baseball stuff, since motions-to-instruct are non-binding and purely advisory, and the practical consequences of budget resolutions themselves are mostly in terms of the overall discretionary spending caps they impose for the fiscal year ahead. Late yesterday, the Senate held the three roll-call votes listed below on motions to instruct budget resolution conferees. The Senate also approved, by voice vote, a motion by Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), establishing a reserve fund for renewable fuels and other energy legislation.

• Gregg Motion: to instruct conferees to assume middle-class as well as capital gains and dividends tax cut extensions and a full repeal of the estate tax. Defeated, 44-51
• Conrad Motion: to instruct conferees to require that the $180 billion in tax cuts and spending provided in the Baucus amendment be paid for by surplus on-budget revenues as well as revnues raised by "tax gap" enforcement. Adopted, 51-44.
• Kyl Motion: to instruct conferees to lower top marginal esatet tax rate of no higher than 35%, a lower rate for smaller estates, a meaningful exemption that shields smaller estates from having to file the estate tax returns and to permanently extend other family tax relief. Adopted, 54-41.