So I am correct. In other words, if patience tends to run out and the clock tends to run out and the weather begins to worsen and the contingencies they represent, we could, in effect, say third reading of this bill, closing out those amendments that the Senators, who have said they would perhaps offer them, refuse to come to the floor to offer them. They will be cut out; is that correct?
Hatfield is discussing the implications of time constraints on amendments to a bill.
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