Sentence examples for proposal for an amendment from inspiring English sources

But if Proposition 49 does make it back on the ballot, voters will not be making law if they decide to support its proposal for an amendment to overturn Citizens United and "make clear that the rights protected by the United States Constitution are the rights of natural persons only".

Over 70 proposals for an amendment were drafted.

The Senate Judiciary Committee, chaired by Lyman Trumbull, became involved in merging different proposals for an amendment.

Republican leaders and conservatives have been divided over Mr. Graham's proposal for a constitutional amendment.

This week the buzz centered on a proposal for a constitutional amendment to abolish the Electoral College.

He told George Stephanopoulos that he supports a Congressional proposal for a constitutional amendment forbidding gay marriages.

He did so on May 21, by unexpectedly posting a June 7 Senate vote on the controversial proposal for a constitutional amendment requiring parental notification for minors seeking abortions.

The coup de grace was the 1994 election and Newt Gingrich's Contract, with its proposal for a Constitutional amendment requiring balance by 2002.

When pitched a softball by an 18-year-old who asked why he should vote for Mrs. Dole, Mr. Dole lauded her proposal for a constitutional amendment giving the president the line-item veto.

On Tuesday, The Times reported that a committee that Mr. Cuomo had organized to help him fight entrenched Albany interests had received a handsome donation from gambling concerns just before Mr. Cuomo announced his proposal for a constitutional amendment to allow casino gambling.

While polling has generally found that most Americans are opposed to gay marriage, it has also shown that few people see the issue, or the proposal for a constitutional amendment that would define marriage as being only between a man and a woman, as being a priority for the country.