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Some have been closed through amendments, more of which are proposed, but gaps will remain.Another problem with automatic exchange is the huge quantities of data it produces.
These include proposing picayune amendments — more than 270 so far — discussing them for hours, and then, because they have no chance of passage, withdrawing them.
The long-awaited immigration-reform bill written by the haplessly named Gang of Eight in the United States Senate got buried this week, not unexpectedly, by a great mudslide of amendments — more than three hundred, at last count.
Undaunted, he points to the list of bills and the much more frequent votes on amendments — more than 200 this year, compared with 15 in 2014 — as irrefutable evidence of his success.
As of Tuesday evening, the filing deadline for amendments, more than 50 (and counting) had been filed — including one from Senator Patrick J. Leahy of Vermont, the committee chairman, that would allow American citizens in committed long-term, same-sex relationships to sponsor their foreign partners for green cards.
By William Finnegan May 9, 2013 The long-awaited immigration-reform bill written by the haplessly named Gang of Eight in the United States Senate got buried this week, not unexpectedly, by a great mudslide of amendments — more than three hundred, at last count.
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