Sentence examples for amendment was put from inspiring English sources
In May, the Brown-Kaufman amendment was put to a vote and was roundly defeated.
The civil protection department, following an emergency amendment, was put in charge of "important events".
After drawing criticism last year, the proposed amendment was put on hold but is now up for consideration once again.
Is that what the American public wants us to do?" The amendment was put forward by Senator Spencer Abraham, a Michigan Republican who is in a close re-election race, and several other senators from the Midwest, the region that has been hardest hit by increasing gasoline prices.
The Second Amendment was put in place to allow new American citizens, then rebels, to protect themselves in the case of a government invasion — a serious consideration at the time.
To be honest, it's becoming a flimsy argument: the Corker-Hoeven amendment was put in there with Sessions in mind to either quiet dissention or make them look unreasonable.
A flagship amendment being put forward by the government is the reinstatement of a clause obliging the health secretary to retain ultimate control over the NHS.
An amendment being put forward would impose stiff restrictions on the US administration on easing embargoes unless concessions were made by Iran far beyond what is being envisaged in Geneva.
The House approved its spending measure after four days and nights of freewheeling floor debate — a veritable ultramarathon of legislating in which hundreds of amendments were put forward.
The amendments were put in place to keep people from unfairly benefiting from a Social Security system that is weighted in favor of low-income workers.
But Lofgren warned on the House floor Wednesday that none of her amendments were put into order by the powerful House rules committee, which released a new version of the Freedom Act on Tuesday night that reflected substantial changes made at the insistence of the Obama administration, the NSA and the office of the director of national intelligence.
