Sentence examples for house amendment from inspiring English sources

The GOP-sponsored House amendment would prevent D.C. "from using its own local funds to carry out locally-passed marijuana policies, which again undermines the principles of States' rights and of District home rule," the White House said in a statement.

Others, including Bart Stupak, author of the original House amendment, say they cannot vote for the bill.

Sponsors of a rival House amendment that would also increase conservation payments have used the trade argument to win 125 co-sponsors to shift more money to environment-friendly programs that also adhere to trade restrictions.

The House amendment, adopted by voice vote on Thursday night, would make permanent a domestic propaganda ban that until now has been enacted annually in the military authorization bill; the Senate is still working on its version of the bill.

A House amendment now under consideration would essentially reinstate that ban by prohibiting the city from providing money to any needle exchange program that operates within 1,000 feet of virtually any location where children gather.

Like the House amendment, the Senate measure would allow Pentagon leaders to revoke the ban 60 days after the military study group completes its report and President Obama, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates and the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Adm. Mike Mullen, certify that it would not hamper military readiness and effectiveness or "unit cohesion".

Their sparring began with a housing amendment, though, truth be told, it was no ordinary amendment.

The Fair Housing Amendments Act, which became effective on March 12 , 1989 now prohibits housing discrimination against people with disabilities.

The bill passed the upper house without amendments on Wednesday evening, prompting the government to hail the "watershed moment in how we deliver welfare".

There were a handful of measures aimed foursquare at those "just about managing" – the so-called Jams: the increase in the National Living Wage, the continued freezing of fuel duty, a renewed commitment to raise the personal tax allowance to £12,500, the promise of more affordable housing, the amendment of the universal credit taper.

Later, he filed a federal lawsuit accusing Princeton of violating the Americans with Disabilities Act, the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination, the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, and the Fair Housing Act Amendments.