article_snippet.sent: Proponents of the bill recognize that politically driven amendments could undermine Democratic support and sink the carefully crafted measure. '
article_snippet.sent: Anybody who monkeys with their bill is going to run into a buzz saw,' Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, a possible White House candidate, warned ahead of this week's debate.
article_snippet.sent: Speaking to the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism in Washington, Sherman, the State Department's undersecretary for political affairs said the president would reconsider support for their bill if their bill is distorted by amendments. '
article_snippet.sent: There will be a lot of pretty awful amendments, quite frankly, and we'll see where we end up,' Sherman said.