Sentence examples for charged amendment from inspiring English sources

The 13-to-5 vote came as the committee reached a deal on one of the final snags threatening the legislation — and agreed to hold off on a particularly politically charged amendment, which would have added protections for same-sex couples.

Republicans threaten to filibuster and propose politically charged amendments, Democrats fill the amendment tree, and Republicans filibuster in retaliation.

The hesitation by top Republicans and the prospect that they would want to propose politically charged amendments made Democrats question whether the opposition was serious about cooperating and reminded them of Republican overtures on health care that later fell through.

Angry Republicans fought back, using procedural moves, politically charged amendments and efforts to embarrass the speaker through tactics like highlighting her request for a larger airplane than her predecessor used for public trips.

The bill seems likely to pass early next week, but not before Republicans force Democrats to vote on a series of politically charged amendments while subjecting them to a final few more days of accusations over the earmarks.

Republicans are likely to respond with some politically charged amendments of their own in an effort put Democrats on the spot, perhaps with their proposal for a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution and new requirements for a supermajority for any future tax increases.

But with the tone in the House growing more strident over the four days of debate, and politically charged amendments dominating the action on Friday, lawmakers and Washington at large have begun to face the possibility that even a temporary accord will be difficult to achieve.

But with the rhetoric in the House only growing more strident, and with politically charged amendments dominating the action on Friday, lawmakers and Washington at large have begun to face the possibility that even a temporary accord will be difficult to achieve.

Democrats charged that the amendment was an effort to derail the patients' rights bill by giving House Republicans a procedural reason to reject the Senate measure.

A student who was training to become a Christian cleric has charged that his First Amendment rights were violated.

Carroll was charged with implementing an amendment to the state constitution approved by voters in 1975 to drastically reorganize the state's judicial system.