One essential amendment requires unimpeded tariff-free access to the single market.
If Congress truly wants to protect consumers, rather than kowtow to the mortgage industry, lawmakers must resist further efforts to cripple the bill and pass a number of essential amendments before the final vote.
Islam Lotfi, a lawyer and member of the Muslim Brotherhood Youth who was also among the organizers of the revolution, said the coalition of young leaders had encouraged the military leaders to quickly pass a package of essential amendments to the Egyptian Constitution so that the country could hold credible elections.
He invested dutifully in some essential amendments, dispensing a dusting of lime from a battered soup pot, raking in some basic, bagged 5-10-5 5-10-5 5-10-5
Essential amendments were made to the content, language, and format of the questionnaire after it had been pre-tested and piloted.
As with other privacy-invading practices, sponsors of automated mass phone calling will predictably defend junk calling as an essential exercise of First Amendment rights.
Thus, the safe transportation of weapons protected by the second amendment is an essential corollary of the right to possess them in the home for self-defense when such transportation is necessary to effectuate that right.
While Mrs. Bachmann has suggested that virtually no bipartisan deal would be acceptable, Mr. Pawlenty told voters last week that "if it comes to a point where they feel that they must," he said a balanced-budget amendment was an essential trade-off.
I think that's an essential part of the First Amendment in America.
The Johnson Amendment is an essential levee that keeps the murky tides of secret money from flooding into our sanctuaries.
And in a building full of people hunting for headlines, he's known for his willingness to do the unglamorous work — drafting bills, researching court cases, splicing amendments — that's an essential part of making new laws in California.
