Throughout the day they pored through proposed amendments, offering suggestions to the staff of the senators who offered them and flagging problems that might arise.
The Treasury has tabled two new amendments offering to provide written details of any proposed scheme and a seven-day "cooling-off" period.
One Republican lawmaker, state Rep. Glen Bradley (Youngsville), stood and spoke in opposition to the amendment, even offering his own amendment -- which eventually failed -- that would have removed the government from having any role defining marriage of any couple.
Despite this, the government is not backing the amendment, instead offering a review of the visa system by the end of July.
"We pride ourselves on being very involved in our 2A community," Famiglietti said, referring to staunch local supporters of the Second Amendment, "and offering the best customer service in town".
He said that if he is able to pass his high-tech amendments in the committee, he would agree to holding back his four finance amendments and offering them later on the Senate floor.
Democratic senators managed for two days to stave off passage of the legislation by offering amendment after amendment and requiring more than 40 roll-call votes.
But in the meantime, for those who are signing the petition and want to opt out of the forced arbitration amendment, Public Citizen's offering a form letter that you can download and print out to send via snail mail.
Larry Flynt, the founder of Hustler and First Amendment crusader, is offering a whopping $10 million reward to anyone who can dredge up dirt on President Trump so damning it could get him impeached, FOX Business reports.
In the days leading up to the committee vote, he persuaded several Republicans to hold back on offering amendments that would have made the bill untenable for Democrats -- including an amendment by presidential hopeful Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla).
