Sentence examples for pushed an amendment from inspiring English sources

In 1994, Mr. McCain pushed an amendment that enabled dozens of additional tribes to win federal recognition and open casinos.

But Republican lawmakers pushed an amendment out of concern that the law was in danger of being struck down by judges.

Privacy advocates in the House pushed an amendment to the annual defense appropriations bill that would have closed the so-called "backdoor search" provision, which allows US intelligence and law enforcement agencies to search without warrants for Americans' data inside the National Security Agency's huge hoard of collected international communications data.

Last month, he successfully pushed an amendment to end an Obama administration policy to stop deporting some Dreamers, or undocumented young people.

He pushed an amendment to eliminate food stamps for people who have $2,000 in savings, or a car worth more than $5,000.

Delta's announcement met with harsh criticism from Republican lawmakers in Georgia, including Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle, who was among those who pushed an amendment to a pending tax bill to eliminate a tax break on jet fuel.

But some lawmakers are now pushing an amendment that would ban all adoptions of Russian children by American citizens.

He also said he would push an amendment allowing citizens to propose referendums on campaign finance issues.

Mark Ridley-Thomas, a Democratic state legislator from Los Angeles, is pushing an amendment that would eliminate the replacement ballot, letting the lieutenant governor take over after a successful recall.

Mr. Bauer, who spent the last two days in meetings with conservative groups to develop a strategy for pushing an amendment, said he expected Mr. Bush to make an announcement "sooner rather than later".

The first major issue for the Recording Artists Coalition is to push an amendment in the California Legislature to include musicians in a law that puts a seven-year limit on personal service contracts.