Sentence examples for behind this amendment from inspiring English sources

grants, will loathe me for saying this, but just this once I'm sympathetic with the anti-intellectual Republicans behind this amendment.

The great irony is that the rationale behind this amendment was to make sure Congress didn't give itself raises without public oversight.

The rationale behind this amendment is the decentralization of power into the hands of the individual and away from the state.

The Senate Democratic caucus, now sixty members strong, should eagerly get behind this amendment.

There is a tactical logic behind this amendment springing from a legitimate desire for political parties to be competitive.

I hope all of the Platform Committee members in Orlando will unify behind this amendment and work to fundamentally rewrite our trade policies to help all people, not just the CEOs of multi-national corporations.

The rationale behind this study amendment will be described further in the discussion.

I hope that other groups, even those for whom it is not their preferred amendment, will nonetheless rally behind this as an acceptable compromise and a workable one, which our Union would be wise to take on in its new Constitution.

Yes, but this would destroy the logic behind the amendment.

Moving beyond the text, advocates turn to the history lying behind the amendment.

She said: "I strongly support the intention that is behind the amendment.