And then he went into the usual Orange Man routine: lots of bills, lots of hearings, lots of meetings with "stakeholders," lots of letters back and forth between House Committee Chairs and Obama Administration officials, lots of amendments, mark-ups in three different committees, etc., etc.
This amendment marks the first time in 29 years since The Guides were last updated in 1980.
For Rubenstein, a collector of historical treasures (including one of the 17 known copies of the Magna Carta), the Thirteenth Amendment marks a crucial turning point in American history.
Last month, the House Science and Technology Committee passed Grayson's Internet security amendment, marking the first time any body of Congress approved legislation restricting NSA powers.
Whatever the intent, the Shelby amendment marked an important shift in the balance of power between industry and the public, as corporate researchers could get access to federally funded work without any expectation of a quid pro quo.
Escalating secrecy, the ambiguous prerogatives of national security, and an evisceration of the Fourth Amendment have marked the past two Presidential Administrations.
In the publisher's words the new edition "incorporates some 9,000 minor yet crucial corrections and amendments, covering punctuation marks, font choice, spacing, misspellings, misplaced phrases and ruptured syntax".
The amendments and the referendum marked the beginning of a process that led Egyptians and the world to falsely believe that Egypt was being democratized.
Chairman Leahy has agreed to hold a hearing as soon as possible after the legislation is introduced, and has promised to have unlimited debate and amendments during the committee mark-up.
This is history as farce, accompanied by calliopes and ragtime; the passage of the 18th Amendment is finally marked by the ringing of a strongman's bell, as at a carnival.
Your Dec. 30 editorial opposing President Bush's faith-based initiative on the grounds that it runs counter to the First Amendment is totally on the mark ("Using Tax Dollars for Churches").
