The senators filed a legislative amendment last week that would stop contracts, loans and other funds from going to the Institute of Microelectronics until the FBI gets "full access" to the probe's findings.

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Ordinarily, debate and voting on an amendment might take two legislative days, but under the rules of the reconciliation bill the senators were to dispatch the amendments one after another, as in a hot-dog-eating contest, with a minute of debate for each side.

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The third criticism of the "anti-sharia" legislative movement reflected in Oklahoma's constitutional amendment is a kind of "don't-throw-out-the-baby-with-the-bath-water" argument.

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That exception is triggered in a claim of a violation of the Establishment Clause and when there is a specific legislative grant for spending that implicates the First Amendment.

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While the arduous amendment process is underway, the progressive response to Citizens United rests with several legislative and administrative initiatives.

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Republicans are using every legislative tool at their disposal--such as a full reading of the manager's amendment Saturday--to stall the vote.

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However, smaller pro-gun groups have come out in favor of the Manchin-Toomey amendment, indicating a rift in the gun lobby over the emotional issue of taking legislative action in response to the Newtown killings.

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