Sentence examples for check amendment from inspiring English sources

The background check amendment was no panacea and it would not have prevented "the next massacre".

Should the background check amendment fail, a broader package of new gun legislation would continue to the Senate floor, but wounded.

Supporters of the background check amendment believe the exemptions for people who live far from gun dealers might appeal to them.

Together with Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, who voted "no" to preserve parliamentary maneuverability, the four dissenting Democrats would have brought the total number of votes in support of the background check amendment to 59.

Of all the senators who attempted Wednesday to rally support for the doomed Manchin-Toomey background check amendment, Connecticut's Democratic freshman representative, Chris Murphy, probably faced the greatest temptation to borrow the moral authority of the Newtown families.

This suggests that Heitkamp, Begich, Pryor and Baucus are likely to have overestimated the conservatism of their constituents in making judgments on the political cost of voting for the background check amendment.

Republicans were also readying their own background check amendments as alternatives to the Manchin-Toomey provision, which would extend such checks to firearms bought at gun shows or on the Internet.

For a glimpse into a Republican Religious Right wishlist, check out Amendment 26, in Mississippi.

One reason it seems senators running for re-election were less likely to vote for the background-check amendment is because those facing elections next year come disproportionately from states with high rates of gun ownership.

A related consideration is that the National Rifle Association will score the vote on background-checks amendment — so a vote for it could have harmed a senator's overall record on gun rights as judged by the N.R.A.

Meanwhile, Senator Joe Manchin of West Virginia, who co-sponsored the background checks amendment, is already moving on, maneuvering to expand the bill by including a prohibition on gun purchases by anyone on the terrorist watch list — on the theory that adding such a national security no-brainer would attract some Republican votes.