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To: Gaffer
No, the option bans the addition of irrelevant amendments.

Suppose the legislature or congress is considering a bill to appropriate funds for highway construction and maintenance. The option prohibits adding amendments to fund light rail, for example, or promote windmill farms, or other such irrelevant matters.

6 posted on 01/29/2016 9:47:26 AM PST by NorthMountain ("The time has come", the Walrus said, "to talk of many things")
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To: NorthMountain

The question is “who determines relevance?”


7 posted on 01/29/2016 9:48:49 AM PST by Gaffer
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