Sentence examples for amendment instead of from inspiring English sources

As an amendment instead of being part of the bill itself, the ban is far less likely to pass the Senate and become law.

The Republicans who spoke against the bill mainly stuck to generalities about the First Amendment, instead of explaining whether or not they thought there was any reason to worry about corporate spending on elections.

The use of a Russian euphemism in the amendment, instead of a plain reference to homosexual relations, leaves an already controversial piece of legislation open to interpretation.

Real estate law in your state may require that the parties execute an amendment instead of an addendum to a purchase contract in some circumstances.

But I think for us to have basically one, two, three, four days tied up having debate on gun amendments instead of having debate on Kosovo and the military construction appropriations bill is not the way we should be operating...

The present study aims to promote soil health and its plant growth providing effects further substantiating the use of organic amendments instead of fertilizers.

Despite this, the government is not backing the amendment, instead offering a review of the visa system by the end of July.

He chose to exercise his Fifth Amendment rights instead of facing congressional and Securities and Exchange Commission questions in 2002 a strategy that will give him much-needed mobility when on the stand.

Of course, this notion is so fantastical and absurd, there should be a special section at Disneyland called "First Amendment Land" where instead of Mickey Mouse or Darth Vader posing for photos with your babies, it's Alexis de Tocqueville.

If Congress attaches the defunding amendment to the budget instead of holding a vote on the standalone bill, it cannot keep funding Planned Parenthood without shutting down the whole federal government. .

Instead of an amendment, he referred only to a "constitutional process".