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The problem was how to persuade key senators to defeat three amendments, among them one that would provide health coverage to retired steelworkers who lose their benefits because of bankruptcies caused by foreign competition.

The 41st Congress passed the Enforcement Act of 1870 in an effort to enforce its civil rights Amendments among a hostile Southern population.

Prior to this week's vote, Huntington's executive committee of department heads circulated its proposed amendment among the facility's doctors for their feedback.

Amash (R-Mich)., the only non- yes" vote onon- yesendment among the group, voted "present" because it singled onthe specific orgamendment -- amonglathen of the Constitution -- accordingroupa message on his Facebook page.

Miller adds that the reluctance to harass citizen recorders may have more to do with the sheer number of cameras around than any newfound respect for the First Amendment among police and political leaders.

The issue of states' rights has more recently led to unlikely interest in the 17th Amendment among some Tea Partiers, who call for its repeal so that the federal government would once again be more directly restrained by the states.

Until recently the generals were deemed untouchable, partly thanks to a swathe of laws they inserted into the constitution they wrote after their last coup, in 1980.Mr Erdoğan and his Justice and Development (AK) party have been steadily trimming their powers, most recently through a set of constitutional amendments that among other things allow the generals to be tried in civilian courts.

This year, Democrats had sought amendments that among other things would give NIH a larger budget hike, increase funding for breast cancer, and require the reporting of clinical trial results.

It has grown enormously in these years, it has improved, its administration has grown bigger and bigger as the imagination of those in charge have pointed out what could be done, but there is yet much that needs to be done and that I hope in God's good time will be done by bipartisan action as were the last amendments [creating, among other things, Social Security Disability Insurance].

Mr. Pallone's amendment was among a string of Democratic proposals that were rejected today.

Now they're strutting their Second Amendment stuff among Main Street shoppers and restaurant diners in Washington's booming Virginia suburbs.