Sentence examples for put forward the amendment from inspiring English sources
The Conservative Lord True, who is the leader of Richmond Council and who put forward the amendment, attacked the Coalition's home extensions proposal as "ludicrous".
The Democrats put forward the amendment as an alternative to a proposal by Senator John McCain, Republican of Arizona, that sought to end the government's involvement with Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and potentially put them out of business within five years.
One of the senators who put forward the amendment, former surgeon Giuseppe Compagnone of the GAL parliamentary coalition, says he is not confident that the measure will become law.
Putting forward the amendment, Lib Dem peer Lord Clement-Jonesaidid that it would placate concerns over the so-called "three strikes" rule – which could see those accused of sharing files illegally online having their internet connections cut off – and added that it was a "more proportionate, specific and appropriate" way to approach infringement than the previous proposals made by the government.
In Congress, the Senate Republican leader, Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, put forward the repeal measure as an amendment to an aviation industry bill that is now on the Senate floor.
Lord Pannick, who put forward the access to legal services amendment at the start of the report stage of the bill, said his move would not cost the government anything since the duty would only apply "within the resources made available".
The SNP did not only believe in the argument put forward in the amendment, but we also viewed this as an opportunity to defeat the government on a key issue.
The government will now put forward an amendment at the third reading of the children and families bill in January.
Mike Whitby, leader of the Conservative group put forward an amendment to the budget including reinstating funding for children's centres and youth services.
"In fact we attempted to put forward an amendment to the 2004 budget to increase the number of police officers and detectives.
Ruth Davidson, leader of the Scottish Conservatives, put forward an amendment for deleting the mandate for Sturgeon to have discussions with EU institutions and member states.
