Sentence examples for federal amendment from inspiring English sources

Mr. Toomey supports the federal amendment.

The ultimate goal, he said, is a federal amendment, with a victory in Mississippi as the first step.

The strategy of the newly formed organization was to push for the ratification of enough state suffrage amendments to force Congress to approve a federal amendment.

They include the federal amendment banning gay marriage, though this is an uphill struggle that failed by 19 votes in the Senate last time round.

Mr. Bush endorsed the federal amendment, saying a traditional definition of marriage should be enshrined in the Constitution to defend against "activist courts".

But opponents of the amendments said that the arguments used to defeat the federal amendment would also prevail in the states.

Stevenson opposed almost every effort to expand blacks' rights beyond the minimums assured by federal amendments and legislation.

Many such provisions mirror a failed federal constitutional amendment known as the Blaine Amendment, proposed in 1875 and widely regarded today as an expression of the anti-Catholic sentiment of the day.

But he opposes a federal constitutional amendment.

Still think we don't need a federal @balancedbudget amendment?

Now he says he wants a federal constitutional amendment banning it.