Sentence examples for an amendment on this from inspiring English sources

The Senate suppose, also, that the provision for vicinage in the Judiciary bill will sufficiently quiet the fears which called for an amendment on this point.

There is an amendment on the ballot this November that would put the judiciary's budget under legislative oversight.

Re "To the Faithful, 'Nonpartisan' Is a 4-Letter Word" (news article, Aug. 26), about Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg's plan to put an amendment on the ballot this November to eliminate partisan elections in New York City: Every study comparing cities with parties to cities with nonpartisan elections shows that more people vote in elections with parties.

Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg's plan to put an amendment on the ballot this November that would eliminate partisan elections in New York City drew criticism yesterday from government watchdog groups, who said that the public should be given more time to study such a fundamental change in the way they elect their leaders.

Gauke confirmed to the Observer: "We tabled an amendment on the retrospective element of this clause which closed down an avoidance scheme" but he stressed it was simply a parliamentary manoeuvre to gain clarification.

"When I told Joe Biden, who was chairman of the Judiciary Committee, that I was going to move this as an amendment on the crime bill, he laughed at me," Ms. Feinstein recalled this month on the NBC program "Meet the Press".

"When I told Joe Biden, who was chairman of the Judiciary Committee, that I was going to move this as an amendment on the crime bill, he laughed at me," she recalled on NBC's "Meet the Press" on Sunday.

Lawmakers need simple majorities in each chamber to put an amendment on the ballot.

Lord Sharkey had tabled an amendment on a cap on loans set at £300, with no rollovers.

Mr. Hood's lawyers also filed an amendment on Thursday to a reprieve request with Gov. Rick Perry.

Democrats plan to offer an amendment on Tuesday to strip the provisions from the bill.