Sentence examples for offered our amendment from inspiring English sources

Once again we offered our amendment; but this time Mr. Beard and the Tennessee delegation switched to support the Hart funds and the amendment failed.

These amendments offer our representatives in the House and Senate a simple choice: Support a safer and more rational banking system, or be counted among those whose votes are being swayed by the influence of Wall Street money.

When the bill went before the full committee, Waxman offered amendment after amendment seeking fissures in the opposing coalition.

Senators Charles E. Schumer and Hillary Rodham Clinton, New York Democrats, offered the amendment.

And that's why I've offered this amendment.

Representative Marcy Kaptur, Democrat of Ohio, offered the amendment.

I offered an amendment capping legal immigration at one million.

And when a lawmaker offered an amendment to offer free access to birth certificates in order to get a card, instead of charging $22, they rejected that, too.

Senator Jeff Bingaman, Democrat of New Mexico, offered an amendment to increase money for child care to $7 billion.

In light of that, I have offered an amendment aimed at averting a veto.

Representative Steve King, Republican of Iowa, offered an amendment that would have eliminated it.