Although the state disclosed the pension holidays and other legislative amendments to the plan, Illinois did not disclose the effect of those changes on the contribution schedule and its ability to meet its pension obligations.

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In addition, this transmittal contains FY 2014 amendments for the Legislative Branch.

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The bill will now move to stage two of the legislative process, where a significant number of amendments are expected.

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This national dialogue has focused on the setting up of a constitutional committee that will look into the required amendments of the constitution and the needed legislative reforms.

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"We can't go on with a situation where bill after bill of the government's legislative programme is potentially hijacked or contaminated with motions and amendments that are about something that is completely different, " he said.

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The amendments are based on model legislation sponsored by the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), a bipartisan association of conservative state legislators.

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Mr. Weiner said it was unfair to judge his legislative productivity with such comparisons, saying it didn't account for amendments he attached to legislation sponsored by others.

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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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Scottish Labour leader Iain Gray's legislative consent motion, which called on the the UK government and the UK Parliament to consider the amendments and proposals made in the report, was passed at decision time.

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