Sentence examples for compromise amendments from inspiring English sources

Number 10 is sympathetic to compromise amendments that would put a duty on the Home Secretary to measure the scale of migration from EU nations and to act if this became "excessive".

The number rebelling could hit 90 if the 68 who signed up to the original amendment tabled by the MP for Bury North, David Nuttall combine with another 33 who have signed compromise amendments which ministers say also run counter to government policy.

When Sen. Enzi's bill on Association Health Plans hit the Senate floor in May, Snowe worked on a number of compromise amendments, including making more medical benefits mandatory, to address Democratic concerns.

Also, the compromise amendments with the House agriculture committee that provide for generous numbers of potential offsets from the agricultural sector (regulated not by EPA, but by USDA!) are troubling -- not in terms of driving up compliance costs, but in terms of reducing the real environmental performance of the system.

I congratulate him on the skill with which he has negotiated the eight compromise amendments that were passed in committee.

"I was pleased that the 20 Compromise Amendments passed in last night's vote without any problems, and also with a relatively few members expressing disagreement.

Senator Arlen Specter played an important role in persuading his fellow-Republicans to back the compromise amendment.

Opposition to the compromise amendment came from both extremes of the debate.

The government appears to reject any possibility of a compromise amendment to its bill.

The pressure on Cameron was highlighted when George Eustice, his former press secretary, launched a strong attack on No 10 after it rejected a compromise amendment he had tabled.

After hours of negotiations between Republicans and Democrats, the committee approved a compromise amendment that would increase payouts to people with lung cancer and other asbestos-related cancers.