Sentence examples for removing provisions from inspiring English sources

Though the legislation was originally designed to curtail insider trading in Congress, lawmakers stripped the bill down, removing provisions to add new powers for prosecutors, as well as a rule for Wall Street "political intelligence" firms to register as lobbyists.

Republicans, in other words, engaged in their usual hyperbole over the issue, while at least some Democrats were so afraid of looking "soft on crime" that they insisted on removing provisions that might have met budget needs and court orders.

The weeks ahead are quite likely to see draft revisions as other council members try to add or remove provisions.

Senator John McCain of Arizona offered the first Republican amendment: a proposal to remove provisions intended to slow the rise in government spending on Medicare.

Representative Bill Foster, an Illinois Democrat who is co-sponsoring the bill, offered an amendment this week that would remove provisions that critics found most objectionable.

Last year, he held a referendum to amend the constitution and remove provisions that would prevent him from running for a third term.

Police union contracts and law enforcement officer bills of rights must be changed to remove provisions that make it harder to hold officers accountable for misconduct.

Senator Ben Nelson, Democrat of Nebraska, has said he will press to remove provisions that do not provide a relatively quick jolt to the economy.

The first is a shareholder vote at the general meeting on March 20th to remove provisions in Endesa's bylaws capping any investor's vote at 10%.

They found that after such votes, these companies were more likely to remove provisions that were seen to reward failure than those where shareholders had not expressed high dudgeon over pay.

opposed the bill unless amended to remove provisions it feels interferes with the practice of medicine.