One such amendment will be offered by Senators Jeff Bingaman (D-NM) and Richard Shelby (D-AL).
And, David, this is not the first time the Senate has debated such an amendment.
Most small and a goodly number of midsize states wouldn't want to see their relative power diluted, so such an amendment would have little chance of ratification.
The Fund's hopes now rest on legal changes, such as amendment to the laws governing bankruptcy and the central bank, the first of which are supposed to be passed by September 30th.
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.
The White House demanded, and Mr. Reid agreed, that Congress should try to pass the amendment without such a debate.
The majority held, however, that the First Amendment trumps such worries.
It looked as if Hawaii's high court would rule in favor of same-sex marriages in late 1998, but voters overwhelmingly approved a state constitutional amendment banning such marriages.
One can only speculate why Republicans went along with this and why no Republican has been willing to take the uncensored report--members of Congress are allowed to read it--and enter it into the Congressional Record or in some way make it public, such as through an amendment or formal legislation.
Minnesota voters also rejected an effort to ban such unions through a constitutional amendment.
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Such a move requires an amendment to the treaty.
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After the amendment, food such as sausage rolls or pasties sold on shelves - that is, cooling down, rather than being kept hot in a special cabinet - will not be liable for VAT.
That would mean Congressional authorization to add trillions more to the national debt, with no cuts in future planned spending of any sort, or any other limitations on future spending, such as a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution.
He had long detested campaign-spending restrictions, frequently voting to invalidate such statutes as violations of the First Amendment.
Such public discussion of a law or amendment is unprecedented in our history.
But last week an amendment that would have guaranteed such people exemption from prosecution, subject to safeguards, was defeated in the House of Lords.
Congressman Tiahrt's amendment, which would prohibit such transfers, may be the difference between life and death for potentially large numbers of people in this country.
The dissenters, led by Stephen Breyer, noted that prescription information is collected pursuant to government regulations and the court had never found that the release or use of such information is governed by the First Amendment.
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The House conferees, however, are attempting to interpret the Durbin amendment as pertaining only to such liberalization efforts as may occur in the future with respect to technologies still controlled once the 1990 EAA amendments are enacted.
Doctors named in the NSI suit previously have refused to provide such raw data or have taken the Fifth Amendment against self-incrimination.
The micromanaging of the SDI program contemplated by the Bingaman-Shelby amendment is calculated to deny the Pentagon such latitude, however.
Opponents argued that the ban would infringe on freedom of expression, and that such an issue is not worthy of a constitutional amendment.
Jeff Merkley says if the House doesn't add such a measure, he'll offer an amendment to add one when the Senate takes up a final bill.
Lord Wigley, a co-sponsor of the amendment, said many serious offenders - such as stalkers and rapists - were able to get away with "ongoing, unacceptable" behaviour because courts only examined individual instances of their behaviour, and did not take into account the "cumulative impact" of long-term patterns of their behaviour on victims.
The amendment would ban unions or corporations from running such ads within 60 days of an election.
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Republicans are using every legislative tool at their disposal--such as a full reading of the manager's amendment Saturday--to stall the vote.
Mr Cable called for an amendment to legislation currently before Parliament to force such peers and MPs to stand down from Parliament.
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