Sentence examples for a sensible amendment from inspiring English sources
Senator Patrick Leahy, the Senate Judiciary Committee chairman, tried and failed to get a vote on a sensible amendment that would add several safeguards, most notably enhanced auditing and oversight of how the powers are being used.
Some of the House's votes have seemed entirely reflexive, like a 240-to-169 thumbs down for a sensible amendment requiring regulators to seek independent advice on drilling safety from an organization not affiliated with the American Petroleum Institute, the oil industry's lobby.
On the side of intermittent renewables, the introduction of remote control capability as an eligibility requirement for new installations represents a sensible amendment [32].
Senator Mark Udall, Democrat of Colorado, introduced a very sensible amendment this week, with Mr. Leahy's backing.
One sensible amendment that Senator Byron Dorgan, Democrat of North Dakota, and Senator Chuck Grassley, Republican of Iowa, are expected to introduce would put a $250,000 cap on the payments any one farmer can receive in a year.
A number of sensible amendments were suggested by the Lords, which gave judges more power to weigh the interest of justice against national security and, crucially, allowed the claimant to apply for a secret hearing to prise information from the intelligence services.
We are putting in a reasonable amendment.
Mr Hunt presents these as sensible amendments to a broadly admirable policy.
The Treasury select committee has come up with sensible amendments to the government's draft plans, which should be supported.
The government must get approval to snoop from a FISA court, which is untroubled by niceties such as probable cause, and the communications in question need only pertain to "foreign intelligence information", a phrase so broad as to be utterly meaningless.In extending the FISA Amendments Act, the Senate rejected four sensible amendments.
While it is pleasing that the government has recently announced sensible amendments to the Fair Work Act, these changes are relatively minor compared to the entire re-regulation of the labour market under Labor.
