Sentence examples for amendment to become from inspiring English sources

For the amendment to become law, the legislators taking office in January must give it the green light, and then voters must approve it.

"I really don't care about [a] constitutional amendment any more – not going to happen," he said, adding that conservatives have "allowed support for a constitutional amendment to become someone's 'check the box fig leaf'" when it has "a snowball's chance in a really warm place" of succeeding.

Historical sidenote: The last amendment to become part of the U.S. Constitution is the 27th Amendment.

For an amendment to become part of the Constitution, 38 of the 50 states need to ratify it.

If the same-sex amendment were to become law, Mr. Sousa-Rodriguez's husband could seek a green card for him immediately, without waiting five years.

On March 22 , 1972 Congress passed the Equal Rights Amendment but not enough states ratified the amendment for it to become part of the Constitution.

None of these amendments are likely to become law.

African Americans have been second-class citizens since we were allowed – after the bloodiest war in US history and an amendment to the constitution – to become citizens at all.

Sen. Jesse B. Thomas of Illinois then added an amendment that allowed Missouri to become a slave state but banned slavery in the rest of the Louisiana Purchase north of latitude 36°30′.

One of her party's top priorities – and a bone of contention between the NLD and the army – is a constitutional amendment to allow her to become president, although NLD leaders have vowed not to antagonise the military and to push for a gradual, rather than immediate, change.

Now, as he has in the past, the governor is calling for the law to become an amendment to the Constitution.