Hungary's foreign minister, Janos Martonyi, has now called for amendments to the media law.
(He believes some provisions, like information sharing among federal agencies, is good, but has called for amendments to secure Americans' private records).
A major review of Australian native title has found the process is unduly onerous, complex and technical and called for amendments to streamline proof requirements.
He called for amendments to include incentives to take on apprentices, and that the building code not apply retrospectively – or at least only to apply to workplace deals struck in the past six months.
On CNN, senator Mark Udall, one of the prominent Senate critics of US government surveillance, called for amendments to the Patriot Act, the controversial law brought in after the 9/11 attacks, to rein in the NSA's powers.
Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany and President Nicolas Sarkozy of France, meeting here at the start of a crucial week that will end with a European Union summit meeting on Thursday and Friday, called for amendments to European treaties that would include centralized oversight over budgets and automatic sanctions against countries that violate firmer rules on deficits.
Following ratification, Gerry recanted his opposition to the Constitution, noting that a number of state ratifying conventions had called for amendments that he supported.
The legislation called for amendments to the Clean Water Act to "prohibit a publicly owned treatment works from diverting flows to bypass any more of its treatment facility unless the bypass is unavoidable... [and] there is not a feasible alternative to the bypass".
Last year, 5 million people signed a petition calling for amendments.
Although Mr. Reid will try to avoid it, Republicans could call for amendments, which would delay a vote.
