Later that day, language was being introduced in the chambers in the form of substituted bills that required little additional public airing.
The Republicans' substitute bill may be their only amendment allowed under the rule.
The substitute bill Republicans presented Wednesday night made modest changes to win over Republicans.
So, Hudson Valley Foie Gras, in Ferndale, N.Y., hired a lobbyist to promote a substitute bill.
There is a substitute bill being offered by the district's delegate, Eleanor Holmes Norton, which would simply direct the city to comply with the Supreme Court ruling.
Ms. Collins and Mr. Nelson have been working on a substitute bill that would strip out spending that they said would not provide an immediate jolt to the economy.
Mr. Levin's substitute bill would make retaliation a crime, which is a positive step, and would allow the civilian service chiefs to intervene if military officers refused to follow a recommendation to prosecute made by military lawyers under his supervision.
Democrats today offered a substitute bill, sponsored by Representative Earl Pomeroy of North Dakota, which would immediately exempt from taxation all estates of $3 million for an individual and $6 million for a couple.
Senator Charles Grassley, the committee's ranking Republican, offered a substitute bill that not only cut out those improvements but called for a huge reduction in authorized financing, and elimination of the Justice Department office devoted to administering the law and coordinating the nation's response to domestic violence and sexual assaults.
Republican efforts to drastically alter the package, by eliminating huge blocks of spending in place of expanded tax cuts, continued Thursday morning as Senator John McCain, Republican of Arizona, proposed yet another substitute bill, including a plan to slash corporate and personal income taxes.
