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wrecking amendment

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

An amendment made in bad faith by a legislator who disagrees with the principles of a bill and seeks to make it useless rather than simply voting against it.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: government, politics

Examples

  • Senator Littlebrain's wrecking amendment made the bill nonsensical by deleting the clauses that said what the law would do.

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