"It is directly contrary to the amendment and to the intent of the amendment," he said.
GEORGE W. GEKAS (R) -- The intent of this amendment is to delete paragraphs one, two and three from Article IV and leave for our consideration -- if this amendment be adopted -- leave for our consideration the paragraph entitled "four," which has to do with the 81 questions.
"The intent of this amendment is not to improve investor protections, but to delay and deflect meaningful reform," said Barbara Roper, director for investor protection at the Consumer Federation of America.
"The intent of the amendment is to restore congressional oversight over the Kosovo mission," said Senator Robert C. Byrd of West Virginia, the provision's chief Democratic sponsor.
Perhaps the next amicus brief will find the true intent of the amendment by pointing out that "militia" and "state" are capitalized in the original, whereas "people" is not.
On Thursday, Meredith Griffanti, a spokeswoman for Mr. Broun, who is a medical doctor, said that he "fully believes in the intent of his amendment to prevent the Justice Department from enforcing Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act," but added that "given the magnitude of this change and out of respect for his colleagues, Dr. Broun withdrew the amendment".
The developer, Kemper Freeman, argues in his lawsuit that would prohibit the conversion of the I-90 HOV lanes to transit use.I don't know but I suspect that the intent of the amendment was to keep money flowing from road usage flowing to road spending.
The intent of the amendment, the California Democrat said, is to make certain that the new agency, in setting standards, considers the advice of two pri vate scientific organizations, The National Council on Radia tion Protection and Measure ments and the National Acad emy of Science.
Can anyone with a lick of common sense actually believe the intent of that amendment was to allow assault weapons in the hands of every American?
