The phrase "amendments if they" is not complete and lacks context, making it difficult to assess its correctness in written English.
It could be used in a sentence discussing conditions under which amendments would be applicable or enacted.
Example: "The committee will review the proposed amendments if they meet the necessary criteria."
Alternatives: "changes if they" or "revisions if they".
In addition, senators would not be able to consume time by requiring the reading of lengthy amendments if they had been publicly available for sufficient time.
Republican supporters of the compromise, including Mr. McCain, said he and others would easily vote down such amendments if they were brought to a vote.
Another element of the compromise would bar senators from forcing the reading of lengthy amendments if they had been publicly available, eliminating a tactic that can tie up the Senate for days.
These bills would allow funds to revert to the rules in place prior to the 2014 amendments if they pledge they will accept no government financial support.
Rep. Collin Peterson (D-Minn)., who co-sponsored the underlying bill with Agriculture Committee Chairman Frank Lucas (R-Okla)., said he warned GOP leadership not to bring up the Southerland and Goodlatte amendments if they wanted to maintain Democratic support for the bill.
We subsequently sent all participants a transcript of their original response along with a freepost envelope, asking them whether it was representative of their true views and to make amendments if they wished.
These rules, which prevent misrepresentation, incitement, hate speech and obscenity, among other things, would all violate the First Amendment if they were legislated by the government.
11 The police are not required to guess at their peril the precise moment at which they have probable cause to arrest a suspect, risking a violation of the Fourth Amendment if they act too soon, and a violation of the Sixth Amendment if they wait too long.
One resentful House Republican staffer e-mailed The New Yorker's Ryan Lizza about the proposed Vitter amendment: "If they hate Congress," he said of the public, "imagine working for it".
Senators running for re-election were especially likely to vote for Mr. Manchin's amendment if they represented states with low rates of gun ownership, but especially unlikely to do so if they came from states where gun ownership is common.
When faced with a similarly unconventional problem last Term in United States District Court, supra, we recognized that the focus of the search there involved was 'less precise than that directed against more conventional types of crime,' and that '(d)ifferent standards may be compatible with the Fourth Amendment if they are reasonable both in relation to the legitimate need of Government..
