Sentence examples for down from the amendment from inspiring English sources

Wade backed down from the amendment.

"It seems that the traditional interchange between the Congress and the judiciary broke down" when the amendment passed without any formal evaluation from the judiciary, he added.

The last of these may see an interesting battle over knife crime, with amendments down from the Conservative backbencher Nick de Bois, calling for mandatory imprisonment for the second offence of possession of a knife for adults and juveniles.

If DOMA went down, the amendment would be redundant.

Republicans were deaf to these solid arguments, and voted down the amendment this morning.

That will not be easy, especially because legislators are pushing a constitutional amendment to allow the former dictator to step down from the Senate but retain his immunity.

Strike down the MINIMUM FARE language from the Uber Amendment.

Labor supported the retrospective changes and joined the Coalition in voting down amendments from the Greens and Liberal Democrat senator David Leyonhjelm.

Clegg is taking the rare step for a party leader of summing up a debate on the economy on Monday as he seeks to tone down amendments from the left of the party that could raise questions about the party's commitment to the coalition's deficit-reduction plan.

The committee also voted down a second amendment from Quigley that would have simply allowed a list of the names of the reports to be published online, with the expectation that a voter who wanted to read a report could contact his or her member of Congress.

At a time when highly informed voters might seem like a good thing, the Appropriations Committee voted down, 18-32, amendmentent from Reps.