Sentence examples for getting the amendments from inspiring English sources

"I would suggest that he sign the bill and then see what he can do about getting the amendments passed," Mr. Silver said.

Gun-owner groups generally said they were pleased with the letter, regarding it as a step toward getting the amendment reinterpreted.

They pledged to continue lobbying senators, noting that getting the amendment to the floor could indicate progress following a previous win over the summer, when critics of the war convinced 47 senators (including almost the entire Democratic caucus) to vote against the precision-guided munitions deal.

Lincoln and Seward, who tried to arbitrate between the two extremes, were determined to get the amendment through the House.

"What will it take to get the amendment passed?" Mr. Erickson said.

Two weeks after the primary, the leaders of the Ohio legislature offered to pass a law limiting spending if Blackwell would get the amendment taken off the ballot.

Mr. Fenty said he intended to get the amendment "stripped from the final appropriations bill for this budget year".

"By getting rid of the language, we will protect the funding of these agencies," said Archbishop Thomas Wenski of Miami, who is working to get the amendment passed.

Various governments have been trying to get the amendment passed since the 1990s, but each has failed despite wide support across the political spectrum.

After the government defeat in the Lords, Cooper said she would work to get the amendment passed in the Commons, too.

His toughest job is to get the true believers on his own side to suppress themselves, to say things they don't believe in order not to offend the waverers who are needed to get the amendment passed.