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But an amendment and the required deep budget cuts are virtually impossible anytime soon; an amendment could take years to be ratified by enough states even if Congress were to approve the language this year.

The amendment does not indicate what will happen to those gay couples who wed in the two and a half years between May 17 and the earliest date the amendment could take effect.

Mr. Romney, a Republican opponent of same-sex marriage, said he might consider asking the court to issue a stay that would bar the marriages until a constitutional amendment could take effect, a long process that could not finish before November 2006.

The CBO has said analyzing the effects of that amendment could take more than a month.

Ansa, a news agency, calculated that vetting the senate amendments could take three months.

His suggestion on Tuesday that we "second amendment people" could take matters into our own hands if Hillary Clinton makes undesirable supreme court justice selections makes all gun owners look unhinged.

At a campaign event in North Carolina last week, Donald Trump set off another media storm by suggesting that Second Amendment activists could take action if Hillary Clinton were elected and began appointing liberal, anti-gun judges.

To eliminate the Presidency would require a constitutional amendment, something that could take more than two years; but it would finally quiet the political scene and clarify that Khamenei was in charge.

Some legislators have promised to keep God in the Constitution if they can simply rewrite the document amendment by amendment -- an exercise that could take years.

The aide noted in an email that some Republicans are even threatening to object to take up the amendments all at once, which means "it could take 3-4 days to set up EACH amendment vote".

Straus declared that Patrick could take Paddie's amendment or leave it.