In other words, it cannot supercede the earlier substantive amendment which had been properly debated on and which had gone to a vote.

Only two substantive amendments were passed in the long floor debate.

"The Administration is not taking an official position in favor of any one of the competing substantive amendments," the letter said.

But Republicans showed some flexibility by not forcing a vote on whether to bring the bill up, so for now fights over substantive amendments can be joined.

The Commission considers that this regulation makes no substantive amendment to the text of the Convention.

These are technical rather than substantive amendments.

We must not, however, forget to consider the substantive amendments that are so urgently needed.

I must admit that the first draft you presented made it quite difficult for us to introduce substantive amendments.

However, the Council has simply ignored the substantive amendments that were put forward by the House at first reading.

The substantive amendments are not really the issue today.