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To: BushMeister
The trick for Feinstein would be to find a pending Bill the Republicans are introducing that would be "germane" to the AWB.

There is no requirement that an amendment be germane. Several amendments to this bill certainly were not germane, for example one would have extended unemployement benefits.

153 posted on 03/02/2004 3:26:11 PM PST by El Gato (Federal Judges can twist the Constitution into anything.. Or so they think.)
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To: El Gato
There is no requirement that an amendment be germane. Several amendments to this bill certainly were not germane, for example one would have extended unemployement benefits.

A amendment can be quickly killed or ruled out of order if it is not germane to the underlying bill. I have seen this happen many times.

It's also the reason Cantwell's unemployment extension amendment went down.

196 posted on 03/02/2004 5:30:05 PM PST by BushMeister
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To: El Gato
Regarding the need for amendments to be germane, read the following info. This may be "germane" to future attempts to resurrect the AWB for another vote in the Senate:

"...when operating under a general unanimous consent agreement in the usual form on a bill or resolution, amendments must be germane. Germaneness of amendments is also required once the Senate has invoked cloture; in addition, any amendments considered under cloture must have been submitted in writing before the Senate's vote on cloture."

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203 posted on 03/02/2004 6:19:28 PM PST by BushMeister
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