Sentence examples for amendment in a from inspiring English sources

The birthright citizenship bill interprets the 14th Amendment in a way no federal court or Congress ever has.

The BPI's proposed amendment, in a letter dated 8 January, is almost identical to the version put forward by Lord Clement-Jones on 3 March.

"I made sure we got an amendment in a bill that prohibited them from having a PAC," or political action committee.

In January, attorney general Mark Herring's office notified the federal court in Norfolk that it would not defend the 2006 voter-approved constitutional amendment in a lawsuit.

Dubs and Rabbi Harry Jacobi have requested a meeting with Cameron to discuss the amendment in a letter sent on Tuesday night.

In his majority opinion Justice Minton, Brennan's predecessor, saw nothing injurious to the First Amendment in a statute that said that no one could be employed in the public-school system who spoke "any treasonable or seditious word or words".

In November 1999, she successfully lobbied legislators to include a controversial amendment in an unrelated budget bill.

Repealing the eighth amendment in an urgent referendum and decriminalising abortion have now achieved emergency status," the group said.

But he also criticized Mr. Byrd for including his amendment in an appropriations conference report without a full debate in the Senate.

A Republican amendment in an upcoming spending bill to fund the Commerce, Justice and State Departments prohibits the Justice Department from receiving any money for the lawsuit from other agencies.

Mr. Leahy and his colleagues have received important help from Gen. Colin Powell, who expressed his opposition to the amendment in an eloquent letter circulating to lawmakers.