Sentence examples for passing amendment from inspiring English sources

She also says interest rates could go up if the Lib Dems were to vote for Plan B. 12.13pm BST In his speech (see 11.58am) Steve Webb, the pensions minister, said that passing amendment 1 (the Plan B one) could lead to Britain's credit rating falling.

That would be the same Miguel Lopez who went as far as forming a registered committee in opposition to passing Amendment 64.

Other achievements include: more than two million signatures gathered supporting a resolution; more than one-third of U.S. Senators and more than 125 House members publicly supporting an amendment; close to 500 cities and towns across America passing amendment resolutions so far; and membership in the coalition supporting an amendment now numbering over 150 organizations.

Passing amendment 1 would suggest that the Lib Dems were changing economic policy, she says.

Passing amendments is notoriously difficult.

Achieving that requires passing amendments to strengthen the bill's weak areas and defeating efforts to weaken its strong parts.

Activists who fought to pass Amendment 4 cheered the victory, which represents the largest expansion of voting rights in decades.

But the voters passed Amendment 64 by a clear majority.

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In 2006, voters passed Amendment 43, a constitutional amendment defining marriage as between a man and a woman.

The new Rada majority passed amendments that antagonized Russian speakers in the East.