Sentence examples for time for amendments from inspiring English sources

But Senator Mitch McConnell, the Kentucky Republican who heads both the Rules Committee and the Republicans' Senate Campaign Committee, insisted there was no time for amendments.

Senator Dianne Feinstein, after assuring everyone that they really shouldn't worry about FISA, talked as though there just wasn't time for amendments, even ones that only increased oversight: "The problem is we have four days and this particular part of the law expires".

The DP bill began the parliamentary scrutiny process in the House of Lords last month, and has yet to arrive in the House of Commons — so there's still time for amendments to be tabled.

"The Republicans would say we don't allow enough time for amendments.

As would a debate process that prohibited an arbitrary number of, or time for, amendments.

And after demanding all kinds of time for amendments, they've ended up only debating two amendments.

Critical list: Competition and accountability give cause for concern The progress of the Health and Social Care Bill will be halted before it reaches the House of Lords, allowing time for significant amendments to be made addressing concerns raised by MPs, NHS staff and patients groups.

Whether there is enough time for the amendment to pass all the stops and become law before the general election is another matter.

Even if it were, parliament's sloth has resulted in such a backlog of work that legislators are unlikely to find time for the amendment in the next six months.Ironically, the Prudential affair has erupted just as Jakarta's stock exchange is hitting new highs almost daily and when government bonds are several times oversubscribed.

While such a measure is always an uphill battle — it would require a two-thirds majority in the House and Senate and ratification by three-fourths of the states — it would seem that given cries for federal austerity, now would be an ideal time for an amendment to ripen.

The bill is scheduled for a final vote Dec. 20, leaving Bowser time to lobby for amendments before it passes.