Sentence examples for harsh amendments from inspiring English sources

Between the cruel original bill, and the harsh amendments that will be added to the bill on Tuesday (no Democratic improvements will be allowed), H.R. 1215 would quite literally immunize the health care industry for most kinds of misconduct, from horrendous medical malpractice in hospitals, to nursing home abuse and neglect, to sexual assault by doctors.

Most recently, Sen. Roy Blunt's (R-MO) harsh amendment to allow an employer to deny reproductive health services to women based on moral or religious principles failed on a too-close-for-comfort 51-48 vote with only one Republican, retiring Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-ME) voting with the Democrats and three Democrats including Sen. Bob Casey (D-PA) voting with the Republicans.

Ms. Collins pushed legislation last year that would impose a 13-point test for rule-making and empower the White House to second-guess new regulations, a far harsher version of the amendments facing a vote on Friday.

One alternative that circumvents the need for harsh pretreatments and exogenous enzyme amendments for the extraction of sugar monomers from lignocellulosic biomass is the use of specialized microbial cultures for biomass deconstruction [ 9– 11].

Biosolids have also been used as an amendment to ameliorate the harsh conditions of mine tailings.

Elferink and Middlebrook – who said a core group of detainees were responsible for most of the recent incidents – responded with a mix of increased training for staff, harsher rules inside the centre and tough amendments to legislation.

They do exist, though, and they have a political agenda: Two weeks ago members of the Satanic Temple filed a federal suit against Missouri's harsh abortion restrictions, claiming such laws violate their First Amendment right to religious expression.

EJI argues that giving this harsh sentence to young teenagers violates the U.S. Constitution's Eighth Amendment prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment and is also counter to international conventions.

It levelled harsh criticism at News Corp. and called for both a First Amendment-like law to protect freedom of the press and an official press watchdog to monitor press standards.

At the time of the 1976 amendments to the Act, the Jamaican Bar Association protested against the lack of jury trials and the harsh mandatory sentences.

If this is the motive underlying the unusual and harsh action taken by the Immigration and Naturalization Service, then it is an attempt to silence Constitutionally protected First Amendment rights".