Sentence examples for amendment to curtail from inspiring English sources

This would defeat the purpose of the 17th amendment: to curtail presidential power.

Last year, Gov. Jim Geringer of Wyoming vetoed a bill that proposed a constitutional amendment to curtail veto power by governors.

In one of the most unusual votes in years, the House on Wednesday barely defeated an amendment to curtail the National Security Agency's collection of every phone record, limiting it to records of people targeted in investigations.

The move raised hope among opponents that the Harper government will ultimately be forced to accept amendments to curtail the sweeping new police and spy powers contained in the bill.

He is drafting amendments to curtail Ms Kelly's power to prevent LEAs of which she disapproves from setting up new schools.The strongest challenge to the bill, he says, will come from MPs who want to outlaw selection by ability in the 164 remaining grammar schools.

She proposed two amendments, also to curtail funding for the weakening of technology products, and preventing the financing of Section 702 searches on Americans.

Even as this was happening, millions of American gun owners — about 40 percent of American households report having a gun — remained deeply resistant to any moves to curtail Second Amendment gun rights.

We have every reason to expect that he will actively seek to continue to curtail First Amendment freedoms and delegitimize government institutions, increasing his own political power in the process.

I know that the last thing many Americans want to hear is a senior U.N. official telling law-abiding citizens to curtail their Second Amendment right to bear arms.

The amendment, added with no warning, threatened to curtail efforts to pass the life-saving bill and is an ugly example of how politics often come before people.

Mr Wickremesinghe wants to curtail this power by constitutional amendment.