Sentence examples for contentious amendments from inspiring English sources

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The bill will again need 60 votes to end the debate after consideration of contentious amendments offered by both supporters and opponents of new laws.

Contentious To shrink the number of claimants, everyone on DLA will have a new medical assessment, which attracts today's most contentious amendments.

The education minister, Christopher Pyne, has conceded the government will have to make changes to its higher education reforms or face Senate defeat, a day after Tony Abbott dropped contentious amendments to race laws.

The bill, which would increase penalties for illegal gun purchase and greatly expand background checks on gun buyers, would again need 60 votes to end the ensuing debate after consideration of contentious amendments, including a renewal of the assault weapons ban.

The Freedom Caucus went along with Ryan's plan ― even offered support for it ― because the speaker told members it was a necessary shift to prevent Democrats from offering contentious amendments that, Ryan contended, were designed to take down spending bills.

A13 China Trade Bill Advances Senators rejected a contentious amendment to impose sanctions on Chinese companies that export advanced weapons to hostile nations, clearing the last major hurdle to passing the landmark trade bill.

Senators rejected a contentious amendment to impose sanctions on Chinese companies that export sophisticated weapons to hostile nations, setting the stage to vote in a few days on legislation to give China permanent normal trading privileges.

Pro-life advocates in Congress recently infected an uncontroversial anti-human trafficking bill that had strong bipartisan support with a contentious amendment that prohibits taypayer-funded abortions.

JERUSALEM — The Israeli cabinet on Sunday approved a contentious draft amendment to the country's citizenship law that calls for non-Jews seeking to become citizens to pledge loyalty to Israel as a Jewish and a democratic state.

On Thursday, the Senate voted down a contentious GOP amendment that would have let employers refuse to cover birth control and other health services for "moral reasons".