Leaders have agreed to expedite the legislation, suspending the usual rules and amendment practices, in order to finish the job quickly.
When bills come up, it is the majority party that sets the ground rules and determines which amendments or provisions are germane.
By the turn of the century, African Americans in the South had been effectively disfranchised by violence around elections, and restrictions in voting registration rules, and, finally, constitutional amendments or new constitutions in southern states.
But many Democrats in Congress support the concepts in the Roth legislation, which will be brought to the Senate floor this month under budget rules that limit debate and amendments.
The major difference between the houses, of course, is that individual Senators can and do make creative use of that chamber's expansive rules of debate and amendment -- including, yes, the filibuster, which was only partly reformed by last week's actions by Senate Democrats.
Throughout this time, ambiguities in the laws were handed by frequent interpretations that the Rules Commission published as supplements and amendments.
and Van Hollen (D-Md). said Democrats will adhere to procedural rules and debate as many amendments as possible.
Thomas Hazlett, a professor of economics and law at George Mason University, said that Mr. Whitehead "spearheaded a deregulatory movement that brought much more liberal rules and far stronger First Amendment protection to the emerging media".
Or they'll be resolved in the subsequent conference committees -- where rules, amendments, and bills will be voted up or down.
Sens. Cantwell and McCain's approach is to fully re-institute depression era Glass-Steagall rules and Sens. Merkley and Levin will offer an amendment to strengthen the Volcker Rule provisions in the bill to crack down on proprietary trading.
