Sentence examples for amendment before from inspiring English sources

Thus, unless Congress amends or retracts the Jackson/Vanik amendment before Russia's ascension, the U.S. will be in violation of its WTO treaty obligations.

Mr. Boehner won enough of them over by amending his legislation to require passage of a balanced budget amendment before the debt ceiling can be increased next year.

But one legal scholar cautioned against judging the amendment before the exact wording was made public.

Opponents of civil-rights legislation had offered the sex amendment before.

Notably, Mr. Sanders voted for the crowd-funding amendment before voting against the Jobs Act.

Laramie mayor Dave Paulekas spoke in favor of the amendment before the council vote.

The rule to lift the advertising ban is still subject to public comment and amendment before it is made final.

But the government needed to meet conditions set out by Labour in its amendment before acting, he said.

Mr. Trumka has repeatedly invoked the Fifth Amendment before investigators but has privately insisted that he is not guilty.

Back to Citizens United: there is another obscure legal concept which could provide the citizenry with a tool for change -- without a constitutional amendment -- before the 2012 general election.

(Parliament rejected the oral amendment) - Before the vote on Amendment 12: Mr President, our group wanted to request a roll-call vote on amendment 12, but unfortunately we failed to do so in time.