There are literally hundreds of riders attached to the bill, including amendments targeting Obama's immigration order and the Environmental Protection Agency, and only one week left to negotiate before funding expires and the government shuts down, so making sure weed stays legal in DC is hardly anyone's priority.
The amendment targets spending on agency staff and consultants and the communications and strategy budget.
In the 60s, another amendment targeting jazz musicians was adding to the law.
Finally, Sessions has taken a hammer to the First Amendment, targeting anti-racist organizing as "black identity extremists" while letting white nationalists off the hook.
Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla)., who chaired the Democratic National Committee during much of last year's campaign cycle, proposed an amendment targeting Kushner during a House Appropriations Committee markup session Thursday.
The key amendment targeting the PhRMA deal in committee mark-up came from Sen. Bill Nelson from Florida, which has one of the largest Medicare participant populations in the nation.
Gardner's nine votes to de-fund Planned Parenthood include two cast as a U.S. Representative, both in 2011: one resolution, naming Planned Parenthood Federation of America, here, and the Pence amendment targeting the organization, here.
Women who previously weren't as politically active in those states have come out of the woodwork to protest, women lawmakers have introduced "message amendments" that target men's health, and legislators are personally hearing from angry women through Facebook posts, emails and phone calls to a noticeably higher degree than previous years.
A spokesman for Betfair said: "The board understands that it is the policy of certain shareholders to oppose any amendments to targets and discussions with those shareholders voting against this resolution highlighted the change to the 2011 [long-term award] as the cause of opposition.
This raises questions about who this amendment is targeting and why.
