Sentence examples for restrictive amendments from inspiring English sources

A House bill that could recapture an estimated 550,000 lost visas, sponsored by Representative Zoe Lofgren, a California Democrat, has been moving slowly through the committee process despite the best efforts of members like Representative Steve King, Republican of Iowa, to sabotage it with ridiculously restrictive amendments.

In particular, it objects to the restrictive amendments to Jordan's press law, which King Hussein endorsed in May.The government claims that it had to act to rein in the weekly tabloids whose "sensationalist" reporting was harming Jordan's image abroad, particularly in the Gulf countries, with which Jordan is trying to foster political and economic ties.

The resignation of Taher Odwan, a veteran independent journalist turned minister, over these restrictive amendments is a huge red flag that should not be ignored.

It is so restrictive that amendments are required for local laws on mosquito control and litter enforcement.

Schwarzenegger won the legislative vote to put his measures on the ballot, but only after he compromised significantly with Democrats, replacing the spending cap that Republicans wanted with a much less restrictive balanced-budget amendment that would limit, though not prohibit, future borrowing.

The first major law, the Communications Decency Act of 1996, was struck down by the Supreme Court as unconstitutionally restrictive on First Amendment speech rights, in part, the court said, because it would reduce material that adults had a constitutional right to see "to only what is fit for children".

is warning fellow Democrats not to mess with his restrictive anti-abortion amendment.

For example, the League of Women Voters of Missouri helped stop a discriminatory voter photo ID bill and a restrictive early voting constitutional amendment, while the League of Women Voters of Pennsylvania was instrumental in thwarting a state voter photo ID law.

Enacting restrictive time lines and prohibiting amendments to push through changes of this importance to millions of Americans, especially senior Americans, ultimately disenfranchises the public and hurts the political process.

Representative Dick Armey of Texas, the Republican majority leader who opposes any restrictions on campaign donations, proposed amendments that would have been far more restrictive than what the Democrats and their small band of Republican allies were proposing.

This time, the appeals court ruled that the law did not meet the First Amendment's "least restrictive means" test.