My question was based on the statement that I understood the Senator to say earlier that her amendment was not typed up; it was just in handwriting. My question was, is she aware that an amendment does not have to be typed, that it can be sent to the desk in one's own handwriting?
Questioning the necessity of typed amendments during Senate floor debate.
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