Not as a substitute, as a first degree. I am suggesting this for this reason: We are going to want to get a vote on the amendment of the Senator from Louisiana. We can go through all kinds of parliamentary maneuvers to do that and ultimately succeed. We have found so far it works better if we handle both amendments in the first degree. You would get the first vote because you would have been offering it in the second degree.
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