Sentence examples for supports the amendment from inspiring English sources

Ms. McCaskill supports the amendment.

Mr. Bush's conservative base clearly supports the amendment, but polls have shown that while a majority of undecided voters oppose gay marriage, there is little enthusiasm among them for amending the Constitution to ban it.

A father and a daughter?" Mr. Nelson supports the amendment, even though the leaders of his party and Bob Kerrey, the retiring Democratic senator, believe it discriminates against gays.

Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott, a Republican and defendant in this case, is a front-runner in next year's governor race and supports the amendment.

She supports the amendments and other components of the new gun regulations legislation, and she released a lengthy statement on Sunday explaining her thinking.

"Accordingly, the committee supports the amendments proposed in schedule 15 [the secret evidence provisions] and considers they should proceed without delay.

He urges members to support the amendment.

But they count as MPs who supported the amendment.

Twelve Democrats supported the amendment and four Republicans opposed it.

Mr. Dodd said he supported the amendment, which he said was "fundamentally about fairness".

Both groups — along with some large retailers — eventually agreed to support the amendment.