Sentence examples for over the amendment from inspiring English sources

What is more, Mr. Bork said, the public debate over the amendment would determine how any court interpreted it.

Since any change to the Constitution requires a 75 percent majority, the quota in effect gives the military veto power over the amendment process.

The history of Congress's on-and-off debate over the amendment gives reason to hope that this two-vote margin for constitutional sanity will hold firm despite the intense lobbying campaign being waged by the amendment's supporters.

The battle over the amendment passed yesterday is expected to be a bruising one, and committee leaders said that the full House might take up the measure as soon as early next week.

11.27pm BST The Los Angeles Times has a tick-tock of the scene on the DNC conference floor over the amendment vote, capturing the confusion that took place: The new amendments were introduced by former Ohio Governor Ted Strickland and put to a vote by convention chair Antonio Villaraigosa, who was forced to call for three voice votes in an effort to pass the changes.

The "executive order creates a huge new bureaucracy at a time when we're trying to grow our economy," Flores said yesterday during debate over the amendment.

He said his staff was going over the amendments to determine which were substantive and which were "messaging" amendments intended mainly to make a political point.

The referendum followed several weeks of street protests and frenetic campaigning over the amendments to the Constitution proposed by Mr. Chávez and his supporters.

Confusion persisted Sunday over the amendments, with a major complaint among the president's supporters and critics that they had too little time to study the proposals.

Members of the Judiciary Committee, which Mr. Hatch leads, have been working in recent days to reach an agreement over the amendments that will be considered, officials said.

The debate over the amendments and the overall bill became heated at times, with opponents describing the legislation as testament to the power of political contributions by the credit card and banking industries.