Sentence examples for were amendments to from inspiring English sources

THERE were amendments to this, amendments to that, even amendments to amendments.

The measures were amendments to an $18.9 billion spending bill for the Interior Department, which passed the House and now goes to the Senate.

Representative Nydia M. Velazquez, also from the city, did slightly better during that period, winning approval for 7 of the 27 measures she was the main sponsor of, though nearly all of them were amendments to major bills, according to the records.

He began to read the bills that were deposited on his desk, and, since many of them were amendments to laws already on the books, he would go, after a session, to the New York State Library and look these up as well.

Susan Grant, the director of consumer protection for the Consumer Federation of America, said that because the regulations were amendments to the F.T.C.'s telemarketing sales rule, they applied only to agreements struck as a result of telephone calls by debt-relief companies to consumers or consumers' calls to a company in response to advertisements.

Alternatively, there may be amendments to eliminate clause 4 altogether.

All subsequent farm bills have been amendments to the older law.

There have been amendments to the law, yet important legal issues remain unresolved.

That group dissolved, but there have been amendments to Bylaw 11, which deals with the number of noncoaching personnel each athletic program is allowed.

The measures are amendments to a small-business bill, which is virtually guaranteed a vote.

These requirements are amendments to the traditional power-supply system requirements (such as voltage quality, for example).