Reid argues that the behavior problem is on the GOP's side, and he says he's stopped the GOP from having amendments fewer than 20 times, and largely because they were attempting to add "poison pill" amendments.
Although Mr. Zardari voluntarily surrendered many of his powers two years ago through a constitutional amendment, few doubt that he controls the government, with the prime minister doing his bidding.
Representative John H. Rogers, a Democrat from Norwood, one of the amendment's few advocates to speak, said: "It is often said that the strongest metals are made from different alloys.
The House passed the amendment a few months ago, but the Senate has stalled on the harassment definition, giving in to zealots' un-founded fears.
Which makes it a dandy "wedge issue" for Democrats, in much the same way that Republicans used a flag burning amendment a few decades ago.
Some Democrats have lined up behind a balanced-budget amendment, but few are expected to back the Republican version, which also limits spending to 18percentt of gross domestic product and requires a two-thirds vote for tax increases.
Will we now have a Justice Department that, in its defense of the First Amendment (and a few other Amendments as well), is only interested in what Sessions considers a "normal religion"?
Mr. Lugar's supporters countered that he had maintained a conservative agenda over the years, for less government spending, a balanced-budget amendment and fewer regulations that harmed businesses.
The new amendment included fewer specifics about what civil unions would include and how they would be established, but it said that couples in civil unions would get "entirely the same benefits, protections, rights and responsibilities that are afforded to couples married under the law".
There have been very few amendments to the original acts and most amendments have been liberalising.
