Word: amendment
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Oregon Democrat Edith Green tried to amend the bill to exempt people whose religion does not permit joining unions; her amendment was ruled "not germane." So strict were the limitations on debate that in order to complete her arguments, she three times had to borrow speaking time from the Republicans. To her fellow Democrats, Mrs. Green said acidly: "I'm greatly indebted to the people on the left side of the aisle who are so liberal they allow free expression here." Also beaten back were Republican attempts to bar union shops among unions that practice racial discrimination...
Marked Deck. Some Republicans and a handful of Democrats repeatedly lost bids to amend the authorization downward and impose administrative restrictions. Amendment after amendment went down in voice votes. The opposition came close only once, on the issue of the Governor's veto, when it lost a teller vote 155 to 150. Still, there were some lively protests...
...little hurdle in his way. Alabama's constitution prohibits a Governor from being appointed or elected to the Senate until a year after his gubernatorial term of office has expired. Wallace's expires in January 1967. But he has a bill in the state legislature to amend all that...
...bill on the ground that "the British people can be led, but they cannot be driven." And, when Conservative Peter Thorneycroft proposed that instead of criminal penalties, far less onerous civil sanctions would be "appropriate," Labor's Soskice quickly indicated that his government would be willing to amend the bill and include them...
...support of the club for the conclusions reached in the report was made clear in the early part of the evening, when several attempts to amend the report were defeated. One such motion which would have had the club oppose bombing North Vietnam, received only one vote...