Sentence examples for sweeping amendment from inspiring English sources

The surprisingly sweeping Amendment 9 packaged two separate constitutional amendments in one proposal: one concerning the offshore extraction of oil and natural gas under Florida's state waters, and another limiting the use of electronic cigarettes in indoor workplaces.

The most sweeping amendment to the Democrats' plan is a proposal by Senator Patrick Leahy, Democrat of Vermont.

Florida voters approved a more sweeping amendment intended to bar marriage, civil unions and other family protections.

The episode began when Mr. Romney was asked about his view of the sweeping amendment, sponsored by Senator Roy Blunt, Republican of Missouri, that would permit employers and insurers to refuse to offer health coverage that violated their beliefs.

Then, in April, it announced sweeping amendments to those rules.

The episode gave rise to sweeping amendments of the federal pension law, intended to make sure companies set aside enough money to cover the cost of the benefits employees are earning.

Processing will now begin, but most of their claims will be considered under the government's new fast-track process as part of sweeping amendments to the Migration Act passed in December.

That myth, heard by millions, was intended to again mislead the country into believing that there are sweeping Second Amendment rights that cannot be regulated.

Calling the amendment sweeping and misleading, opponents say it does not limit itself to social services.

He had repeatedly convinced super majorities in both houses of Mexico's congress to pass sweeping, investor-friendly amendments to the Federal Constitution and then rammed ratification through state legislatures.

Senator Barbara A. Mikulski, Democrat of Maryland, who proposed the coverage requirement as an amendment to sweeping health legislation, said it could save millions of lives.