Sentence examples for amendment to legislation from inspiring English sources
The SNP would press for an amendment to legislation on a referendum, saying that an EU exit would require approval in each of the UK's four nations.
In October, Medicare proponents in the Senate made a bold move by attaching Medicare as an amendment to legislation increasing Social Security benefits.
The prime minister's office roundly slapped down Adam Afriyie's plan to table an amendment to legislation paving the way for a promised vote in 2017, insisting it would not be allowed to pass "in any circumstances".
An amendment to legislation to make clear that the UK's agreement to the primacy of EU law – which dates back to 1972 – was gifted by parliament and could therefore be withdrawn by parliament.
It was, for example, a Schumer amendment to legislation in 2006 that barred the Securities and Exchange Commission from overseeing credit-rating agencies, like Standard & Poor's and Moody's Investors Service.
Hoping to pick up momentum from the House, the Senate sponsors of legislation to create a broad commission, Joseph I. Lieberman, Democrat of Connecticut, and John McCain, Republican of Arizona, were said by aides to be considering attaching their own plan as an amendment to legislation to create a Homeland Security Department or an intelligence bill next week.
But business leaders warn that the president is allowing Socialist legislators to attach weakening amendments to legislation intended to incorporate those changes.
Parliament will then consider any amendments to legislation that is needed to implement the deal.
Republicans say they often had no choice since Mr. Reid denied them the opportunity to offer amendments to legislation more than 40 times.
"In the absence of a five-year deal, there would be no deal, so we would be perfectly at liberty to table amendments to budgets, table amendments to legislation, vote against or table amendments to estimates.
The European Commission will need to draft amendments to legislation on freedom of movement in the EU which will also need to be backed by the European Parliament.
