I am talking about options. I am not talking about actions but options. Is it also true that the managers of the bill have another option? We can call up these amendments in the absence of the author, and we could expedite this by taking those amendments in a series of actions to wipe the slate clean and thereby move to third reading; is that another option?
The speaker is discussing procedural options regarding amendments to a bill.
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