Sentence examples for endorsed an amendment from inspiring English sources

On Tuesday, Coloradans favored Hillary Clinton by a narrow majority, and they endorsed an amendment that will raise the minimum wage by more than forty per cent.

Mr. Schwarzenegger, who immigrated to the United States from Austria 35 years ago, on Sunday endorsed an amendment to the Constitution to allow immigrants who have been citizens for at least 20 years to run for president.

A14 Allowing Immigrant Presidents Arnold Schwarzenegger endorsed an amendment to the Constitution to allow immigrants who have been American citizens for at least 20 years to run for president.

Eleven senators, including Mrs. Clinton and three Republicans, have endorsed an amendment to a Senate bill authorizing next year's Veterans Affairs budget that would prevent cutting any services without first holding public hearings to allow veterans to voice their opinions.

Leaders of the nation's Roman Catholic bishops, meeting on Tuesday in Washington, endorsed an amendment to the United States Constitution to effectively bar gay marriages by defining marriage as a union between a man and a woman.

With the three men pushing for the change in the constitution, the State Legislature, the constitutional convention and the voters endorsed an amendment stating, "The aid, care and support of the needy are public concerns and shall be provided by the state".

Previously, he has said he views marriage as a bond between a man and a woman, but he has stopped short of endorsing an amendment.

But Hilary Shelton, director of the Washington Bureau of the N.A.A.C.P., said his organization was "greatly disappointed that President George Bush and others have decided to enter this election cycle by endorsing an amendment that would forever write discrimination into the U.S. Constitution, rather than focusing on the crucial problems and challenges that affect the lives of all of us".

That is why Lincoln endorsed a constitutional amendment to abolish slavery, and won re-election on that platform in 1864.

Mr. Bush opposed same sex-marriage and in 2004 even endorsed a constitutional amendment banning it, while Mr. Cheney disagreed publicly and said "freedom means freedom for everyone".

In March — two months after Mr. Cuomo's speech — the Legislature endorsed a constitutional amendment that could eventually allow up to seven Las Vegas-style casinos.