Sentence examples for amendments from being from inspiring English sources

In a series of party-line votes late Wednesday, Republicans on the House Rules Committee voted to block any amendments from being introduced, an action that enraged Representative John D. Dingell, the Michigan Democrat and chief sponsor of the alternative, which would not have imposed caps on jury awards.

On Tuesday afternoon, he said on the Senate floor that he would filibuster the bill, preventing any amendments from being debated.

These measures block any substantial amendments from being offered by the minority party, but do not count toward the total number of amendments that receive votes.

"He was trying to reach anyone and everyone to prevent the amendment from being offered," said David Horne, Mr. Lazio's former chief of staff.

A crush of procedural maneuvers kept the amendment from being added to the final version of the bill, which the Senate passed Thursday.

To prevent Mr. Vitter's amendment from being approved, Senate Democratic leaders on Monday readied separate legislation that would prevent the raise, but keep it separate from the spending measure.

Democrats who support abortion rights said they were furious, but it seemed unlikely that they could prevent the amendment from being approved, especially if many Republicans joined Democrats who oppose abortion to support it.

And it's not connected to a campaign by business and academic leaders aimed at preventing a similar amendment from being attached to a parallel spending bill in the Senate (see details in Friday's issue of Science).

For example, if a state sues a private party in federal court, then it has waived its 11th Amendment immunity from being counter-sued by that party for related claims.

In addition, the Constitution was amended through the Constitution of the Republic of Singapore (Amendment) Act 1989 to prevent the Internal Security (Amendment) Act 1989 from being challenged as unconstitutional.

Luckily for everyone else, The 22nd Amendment keeps Bush from being reelected, and "because I don't like him" won't hold up as appropriate grounds for impeachment.