From this post, it looks a bit suspicious:
Asking to speak before Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL), Allen introduced an amendment to the Department of Defense appropriations bill that would provide $19 million in additional funding for the Defense and Veterans Brain Injury Center program, which provides treatment care and research for veterans suffering from traumatic brain injuries.
So, what are the odds that George Allen had the exact same idea as Durbin, the exact same dollar figure as Durbin, the exact same language as Durbin (save one word)? And why did Allen seek special permission to speak before Durbin unless Allen was seeking to take credit for an amendment to which Durbin had already prepared and written?
Well, seems that Ted Kennedy had the same question. (If you see a white space below, YouTube is down.)
Hm – I guess changing “may” to “shall” (or “will” to “shall” as I have seen elsewhere) constitutes a difference 🙂
UPDATE: Here is a pdf of the actual amendments. Check it out for yourself.
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VIVIAN J. PAIGE | All Politics is Local 
Jack> In addition to integrity, the candidate also has to have a clue. There’s no point in rewarding someone that continues to embrace failed policies.
Webb had the wisdom and foresight to know that invading and occupying Iraq would be a mistake. Lieberman and Allen would still make the same mistake. That isn’t honesty, nor is it integrity, it’s ignorance, hubris, and idiocy.
Zen, Iraq’s an entirely different subject.
Just viewed the video. I must agree with Sen. Allen. There is a difference between MAY and SHALL.
Our guys deserve every penny of that 19 million. Wish it were more.
Jack>> I would hardly consider an amendment that addresses providing care for troops fighting in Iraq “an entirely different subject.” You’re the one who brought up Lieberman.
f mcdonald>> No question we should care for our troops. I think that’s why Durbin didn’t make an issue of Allen’s rude and immature actions.
BECAUSE Democrats care about out troops it was more important to Durbin to get the legislation passed than who got credit. Allen being the unethcial bully that he is just wanted to get his name on something. Who really cares about the troops?
Between Macaca and stealing I know all I need to about Felix.
LOL…Allen had to do something to get an amendment in his name. It appears our Senator is unable to create his own amendment much less his own bill…
Allen needs to go live in Iowa…his preferred state. BUZZ…BUZZ
So, lets examine the facts here. An amendment presented by our esteemed Senator was presented as his own. It is verbatim to another amendment distributed by another senator, with the only exception being a change of one word. Now I’ve heard that great minds travel in the same direction, but this approaches the rediculus”What did Allen know and when did he know it?”
How can Allen look at his face in the morning – As a role model for our kids, he is dead. Throws epithets at an Indian cameraman, then a few days later he commits plagiarism, is found out in front of TV cameras, and makes no apology about it. Goodbye, Goerge.
Besides Allen’s ridiculous attempt to take the glory from Durbin, his “macaca” comment, his confederate flags and now his former VA college football players speaking of Geore Allen’s racist talk….
VA-Sen: UVA Teammate–“George Allen a Racist”
by mcjoan
Sun Sep 24, 2006
Sept. 24, 2006 | WASHINGTON — Three former college football teammates of Sen. George Allen say that the Virginia Republican repeatedly used an inflammatory racial epithet and demonstrated racist attitudes toward blacks during the early 1970s.
“Allen said he came to Virginia because he wanted to play football in a place where ‘blacks knew their place,'” said Dr. Ken Shelton, a white radiologist in North Carolina who played tight end for the University of Virginia football team when Allen was quarterback. “He used the N-word on a regular basis back then.”
A second white teammate, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because he feared retribution from the Allen campaign, separately claimed that Allen used the word “nigger” to describe blacks. “It was so common with George when he was among his white friends. This is the terminology he used,” the teammate said.
A third white teammate contacted separately, who also spoke on condition of anonymity out of fear of being attacked by the Virginia senator, said he too remembers Allen using the word “nigger,” though he said he could not recall a specific conversation in which Allen used the term. “My impression of him was that he was a racist,” the third teammate said.