The phrase "amendment was needed" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the necessity of making changes or improvements to a document, law, or policy.
Example: "After reviewing the proposal, it became clear that an amendment was needed to address the concerns raised by the stakeholders."
Alternatives: "revision was necessary" or "change was required.".
(The museum says no amendment was needed because, as the museum's landlord, the city can set whatever rules it wants).
Republican legislators said the amendment was needed to block an attack on freedom and individual rights by Congress.
Mr. Coburn said the amendment was needed to prevent doctors from trying to force Catholic hospitals to provide abortions.
But Doughty, a member of the home affairs select committee, said his amendment was needed because the voluntary approach was failing.
Party spokesman Alfonso Alonso said the amendment was needed to avoid "useless disputes that only generate diplomatic conflicts".
The NHS Confederation, which represents NHS hospital trusts, said an amendment was needed that would require the TSA to consult with and consider the views of the organisations affected by any broader changes.
But others say that if treaty amendment is needed, it is best to get on with it.
Muslims claim the state is discriminating against their religion, while supporters — many of them Christian conservatives — say the amendment is needed to thwart what they maintain is an effort by radical Muslims to impose Shariah law in the United States.
Yes, I'm gay, and for some reason my partner and I scare the president so badly that a constitutional amendment is needed to isolate us further out of mainstream America.
Senator John Kerry, the presumptive Democratic nominee, has said he supports defining marriage as the union of a man and a woman, but does not think a constitutional amendment is needed.
It is precisely for this reason that a constitutional amendment is needed.
