The House Judiciary Committee passed a constitutional amendment without discussion or debate that would allow the Ten Commandments to be posted in public buildings and schools.
The amendment under discussion by the House at the time of Vaillancourt's outburst would limit voter identification in the state to driver's licenses, state photo ID cards, military ID cards, passports and voter affidavits.
The bill's debate had been due to end at 10pm on Wednesday night but because there were 165 amendments the discussion was adjourned at 5am on Thursday and will now be expected to resume at 4pm.
The next step will be a court challenge to the new law almost before Mr. Perry's signature has time to dry; the many proposed amendments and discussion of them were clearly intended to build a record that could eventually be reviewed by the courts.
Platini's right-hand man at Uefa, general secretary Gianni Infantino, later confirmed to the BBC that talks about FFP with Europe's leading clubs were "ongoing", with a "number of amendments" under discussion.
The series of consultations, votes, amendments, and discussions that follows is intricate and may take anywhere from 1 to 3 years to be completed.
Students should recognize the primacy of the First Amendment in any discussion, and they must afford their ideological opponents the same freedom to speak that they would like for themselves.
In March 2009 these provisional recommendations were presented for discussion, amendment and voting to more than 60 experts from Europe, North and Latin America, Japan and Australia, including five patient representatives.
Up to now, discussion of Amendment 2 has resulted in arguments focusing on language of the amendment, views of law enforcement and medical professionals, as well opinions of those who retain a drug war perspective on "the evil weed" versus those who emphasize the need to provide medicine to those who can benefit from medical cannabis.
