Sentence examples for amendment raised from inspiring English sources

Nonetheless, supporters of the amendment raised absurd fears that it could entangle the American courts at any minute.

Tensions reached a peak in December, when an amendment raised the maximum fine for Uber drivers caught by authorities to T$25 million ($780,000) from an earlier range of NT$50,000-NT$50,000-NT$150,000 $1,600-$1,600-$4,800

Obama opposed it because other language in the amendment raised concerns that it effectively gave the Bush administration a green light to attack Iran.

During the long campaign leading up to the vote, Vote For Marriage NC, the main group campaigning in favor of the amendment, raised approximately $1.2 million in order to pass the measure.

"Voters approved a constitutional amendment raising [New Jersey's] minimum wage by $1, to $8.25 an hour, and to provide for automatic cost-of-living increases, as 10 other states already do".

The amendment raises the number of Iraqi interpreters and U.S. government employees (with at least one year of service) who can be admitted under a special immigrant visa program from five hundred to five thousand each year for the next five years.

Passage in the Senate is somewhat more problematical since the measure contained an amendment raising the ceiling that Congress could approve for discretionary spending to $637 billion, from the current $600 billion.

That law, The Intellectual Property Laws Amendment (Raising the Bar) Act, came into effect earlier this week.

Moreover, they sent a clear message: Only one proposed amendment raises support for the bill to even: malpractice reform.

Though a leadership aide said that Democrats were still whipping support for the rule, Rules Committee Chair Louise Slaughter (D-N.Y). said leadership is looking for a way to allow members to vote in favor of the amendment raising the estate tax without voting for the underlying bill.

Subsequent amendments raised the maximum rate to 10 percent on incomes over $5,000.