Sentence examples for amendment reaching from inspiring English sources

Minor protests and pickets continued across the United States at major church events until June 1982, when the ratification period expired without the amendment reaching the three-fourths threshold needed for ratification.

In an appendix to his dissenting opinion, Justice Black analyzed statements made by those who framed the Fourteenth Amendment, reaching the conclusion that "the Fourteenth Amendment, and particularly its privileges and immunities clause, was a plain application of the Bill of Rights to the states".

And the influence of the amendment reaches beyond the recipients of federal subsidies.

The last time the amendment reached the floor of the Senate, during the run-up to the 2000 election, it got sixty-three votes, four short of the needed two-thirds.

A Home Office spokesperson said that more than 30 under-18s have been accepted for transfer within Europe since the Immigration Act 2016, which includes the Dubs amendment, reached the statute book in May and the majority had already arrived.

The 2003 amendments, reached as part of a deal with Senator Dianne Feinstein, Democrat of California, took away the right of other states to adopt California's tougher regulations and required the E.P.A. to hold off its approval until it satisfied itself that the California rules would not entail safety risks.

After all, if Chief Justice Taney denied black's citizenship because of social relations and private attitudes, then reversing that decision, and granting full citizenship to blacks, not just as a legal technicality, but as a matter of social reality, required that those amendments reach into the sphere of private conduct.

Senator Rick Santorum of Pennsylvania, the No. 3, Senate Republican, has suggested that the amendment could reach the floor in the next few months, though others doubt that timetable.

A White House spokeswoman, Claire Buchan, said last night that the "president's senior advisers would recommend a veto" if a bill including the amendment ultimately reached his desk.

It's unclear, however, when the amendment would reach maturity.

The final deal for an amendment was reached on Friday, based on an initial agreement over border security led by the "gang of eight" and Sens. Bob Corker (R-Tenn).