Sentence examples for amendments attached from inspiring English sources

He also said he found it increasingly tiresome to see social policy amendments attached to spending bills that the Democratic-controlled Senate would never accept.

Finally, the so-called Tiahrt amendments, attached to federal spending bills, require the federal government to destroy the background check records of gun buyers within 24 hours of approval.

Several amendments attached to the resolution were also adopted, including one offered by Senator Richard G. Lugar of Indiana, the ranking Republican on the committee, which explicitly prohibits the use of ground forces in Libya.

Their budget resolution and the destructive amendments attached to it not only challenged the very premise of the report — that protecting wild lands from commercial development is essential to a nation's physical and emotional health — but also some of the important weapons that make that possible.

The bill faces an uncertain future in the Senate, largely because of amendments attached to it.

The bill passed the Senate with more than 600 amendments attached that nullified most of the reforms.

His amendment, attached to a defence bill, is expected to pass this month.

"Who in their right mind could be asking for something like this?" he said he remembers thinking when the measure hit the Senate floor, amendment attached.

But on the other, the amendment attached to the appropriations bill could be more popular among those members who felt the financing resolution amounted to back-door authorization.

One amendment attached to the Senate bill by Senator Tom Coburn, Republican of Oklahoma, would restore a Bush administration policy allowing loaded guns in national parks.

A few small changes were made in an amendment attached to the F.D.A. reauthorization bill that passed in the Senate last week.