ct becoming law, we see all of these processes that impact the politics behind a bill becoming legislation. For example, we see that Jesse Helms tries to amend the national service bill with an amendment which would “grant government patent protection to the insignia of the Daughters of the Confederacy” (Waldman 209). We see that legislators like Helms often try to push additional amendments onto whatever bill is “moving” through Congress. However, we see that the Senate Judiciary Committee denied the patent protection request in large part because of the outspoken determination of Carol Moseley-Braun who felt the amen
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