Liberal Democrat Baroness Williams - a vocal opponent of the health bill - spoke in support of an amendment that she said would ensure patients' interests are always "paramount" in decisions made by the board.
The European Union (Approval of Treaty Amendment Decision) Bill ratifies the creation of a new European bailout agreement between eurozone countries, from which the UK is exempt.
But that is now history: at the end of last week, the House of Representatives, anxious to remove an anti-abortion amendment from an appropriations bill, struck a bargain that got rid of both the amendment and the repayment of arrears.
The primacy of a secular state was solidified when the First Amendment was included in the Bill of Rights.
During report stage of the bill, the House of Lords had voted to accept an amendment from crossbench peer Lord Alton, exempting sufferers of mesothelioma from the proposals.
Nat Hentoff is a nationally renowned authority on the First Amendment and the Bill of Rights.
Instead, MSPs voted in favour of SNP Bill Wilson's amendment which recommended a review start from 2016 onwards.
The First Amendment of the Bill of Rights has long been interpreted as prohibiting the establishment of any national religion or conferring upon one religion a preference over others.
However, the House of Lords passed an amendment to take these provisions out of the bill.
Eric Burgeson, a former chief of staff to Energy Secretary Samuel Bodman, says he believes the core issues of the bill are strong, but a controversial amendment such as Bingaman's 15% renewable standard could change the course of the debate.
However, the House of Lords has passed an amendment to take these provisions out of the bill.
Then peers turn to the second report stage day devoted to the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill, where a number of issues may be forced to a vote - the key one is an amendment to stop the bill removing a duty to promote equal opportunities, with peers on the receiving end of intensive lobbying.
And I'm wondering, coming after the Supreme Court's ruling last year, how exactly this bill is not a violation of the First Amendment?
In the two centuries following the adoption of the Bill of Rights, in 1791, no amendment received less attention in the courts than the Second, except the Third.
Approval of the bill seemed assured earlier in the day Thursday, when an amendment aimed at preserving the right of all detainees to challenge their imprisonment in federal courts was narrowly defeated.
Reid said Tuesday that much work remains in the amendment process of debating the bill, indicating possible compromises in the complex legislation that overhauls the nation's health care system.
In April, in a parliamentary vote, 17 Conservatives voted in favour of an amendment to the Finance Bill that would have stopped the tax, cutting the government's majority to 25.
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy has filed an amendment to the Gang of Eight bill that would allow gay Americans with foreign-born partners to sponsor them for green cards just like heterosexual couples can.
As peers resumed day one of report stage of the Welfare Reform Bill on 12 December 2011, crossbench peer Baroness Grey-Thompson spoke in support of an amendment which would ensure payments made to support disabled children would be no lower than under the existing benefits system.
At the end of the debate, MPs voted to reject a Labour amendment declining to give the bill a second reading by 330 votes to 195, a government majority of 135.
This amendment fits with the spirit of the Bill of Rights in providing basic protections for American citizens.
Agreeing to the amendment during the bill's fifth day of report stage debate on 6 March 2012, Lord Howe told peers that to prescribe reviews every seven years may place "too great an emphasis on competition in the NHS".
Christopher Chope's Parliament (Amendment) Bill, which has the support of Graham Brady, the chairman of the 1922 Committee of Tory backbenchers, would limit the "number of peers entitled to vote in the House of Lords" to the same as number of seats in the Commons.
However, in a debate in the parliament's local government committee, Communities Minister, Wendy Alexander, urged rejection of the amendment, saying it was unnecessary as the fears of critics of repeal were covered by the bill's use of the phrase "stable family life".
The bill fell one vote shy of the two-thirds majority an amendment to the Constitution requires.
Chicago, the U.S. Supreme Court held that the Second Amendment, like most other provisions of the Bill of Rights, is "incorporated" against the states.
MPs voted 211 to 15 in favour of an amendment to the School Standards and Framework Bill that bans all corporal punishment and brings independent schools into line with the state sector and the rest of Europe.
An amendment to the bill will "provide a clear right of objection for family members, where they can confirm that a potential donor would not have wished donation to take place", Mr Drakeford said.
He noted that any amendment would be considered carefully when the bill reached stage two of its parliamentary scrutiny.
The House bill contains an important provision added as a floor amendment at the initiative of Rep. Richard Durbin (D-IL) and approved by an overwhelming majority.
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