Sentence examples for supported amendments from inspiring English sources

He supported amendments to the state constitution that gave greater representation to the backcountry and extended suffrage to all white men.

In 1990, not long after he took the helm of the company, he broke from the industry and supported amendments to the federal Clean Air Act that sought to reduce sulfur dioxide.

Members of the local government committee supported amendments to the Community Empowerment Bill to extend the right-to-buy to football fans.

I supported amendments to responsibly reform the PATRIOT Act, spoke many times on the Senate floor, and urged the Administration to tell the American people about how the surveillance laws were being used.

Pence, who'd arranged for three anti-gay activists – Micah Clark, Eric Miller, and Curt Smith –  to stand behind him as he signed Indiana's bill, supported amendments to prevent the likes of Memories Pizza from demanding certification of heterosexuality before service.

Rice was a key player during House debate on a resolution critical of the ongoing War in Iraq; he supported amendments to the resolution to remove specific criticism of the 2007 troop surge, but supported the final compromise version, which called for eventual withdrawal from Iraq and passed on a party-line vote.

Not surprisingly, reactions in Colorado's communities have varied according to whether their citizens supported Amendment 64.

It was a well designed and strongly supported amendment - on the ballot in a year virtually everything got a no.

I will be supporting amendments to that effect when the sale is debated in the Commons this week.

The Senate majority leader, Joseph L. Bruno, has already joined other Republicans, including some of the original sponsors, in supporting amendments.

Despite its support for the government's super changes, Labor has criticised the Coalition for failing to support amendments that would have saved billions of dollars more.