Since winning control of the House in 1994, Republicans have pushed a variety of pet constitutional amendments, from a balanced budget to a prohibition against burning the flag.
immune from challenges under the First Amendment". (Pet. what the government rightly calls "a copyright statute" (Opp. Communications Corp., 265 F.3d 1193, 1211 (11th Cir. 2001).
Now the City Council, fresh from its success in approving public toilets, is proposing an amendment to the Pet Law that would go even further by offering pet owners a form of pet-bereavement insurance.
Instead of pleading for a peaceful reaction, Bradley opted to promote his pet project, a police charter amendment initiative.
Senate leaders had vowed that the financial regulation bill would not be weighed down by amendments favoring the pet projects of lawmakers.
The Senate bill had been in danger of being delayed as senator put down more than 100 amendments that would have protected pet projects or favoured departments.
Another new amendment to Alaska law protects pets in domestic violence cases, allowing courts to include animals in restraining orders and requiring abusers to pay support to their victims for pets in their care.
Or it could be some other proposal, or many others, depending on how many senators are allowed to offer amendments and put forward their own pet plans.
The amendments adopted reflected a variety of pet projects, and would, for example, do the following: *Direct the Navy to paint and maintain some abandoned buildings in Cutler, Me., thanks to Senator Olympia Snowe, Republican of Maine.
If one Democrat offered a public option amendment, 58 other Democrats would want to offer amendments on their pet issues.
