Yet in July Lindsey Graham, a moderate Republican senator, suggested amending the amendment to fight the "drop and leave" tactic of visiting America to give birth.
Conspiracy theories abound, but the most realistic explanation is that the lawyers concluded that further testimony would only help the prosecutors.In this section The right stuff The never-ending swansong Return of the prizefighter A turn for the worse End of the lines Amending the amendment The air-conditioned Puritan ReprintsThe trial did deliver a few revelations.
A Labour source said that, given teenagers have a "tremendous vested interest in whether or not we stay in the EU or leave", there could be a strong appetite for amending the EU referendum bill in the Lords, even if Labour and the SNP fail to recruit the relatively small number of Tory rebels they would need to defeat the government in the Commons.
But if Labor hadn't put it on the agenda, if I and Tanya hadn't proposed this bill on amending the Marriage Act to support marriage equality, do any of you seriously think we'd be talking about this today?" he asked reporters on Thursday.
Senior editors at Wikipedia became exasperated by this anonymous amending with one responding on 20 July 2013 by saying: "Dear Grant Shapps, clearly your and your supporter's dodgy behaviour knows no bounds".
But Osborne made clear he aims to rob Balls of his ability to focus the next election on the coalition's struggle to achieve growth – and thereby its failure to tackle the deficit on a faster timescale – by amending the government's fiscal rules to achieve a budget surplus by the end of the next parliament.
"The campaign is about amending both behaviour and attitudes.
But while the SDLP, which has already negotiated substantial changes, appears ready to sign up to the new policing arrangements after the election, Sinn Fein is holding out for amending legislation.
Cuba is highly sensitive to any indication the US is supporting domestic dissent and that issue could prove considerably tougher than amending the terrorism list.
"It is important that we wait to see the specific details of today's announcement," said Corker, who is open to amending his bill to ensure it has the Democratic backing required to override a presidential veto.
Other changes made using a government internet connection included amending the page on the Independent Police Complaints Commission to more closely resemble its own PR messages.
