Sentences with phrase «debated as amendments»

Let's get the constitutional issues made more political, by getting them more often debated as amendments.

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As the House tax committee weighed amendments to a bill that Democrats have blasted as a giveaway to corporations and the rich, the Washington tax reform debate was fast shifting to the Senate, where Republicans hold only a slim majoritAs the House tax committee weighed amendments to a bill that Democrats have blasted as a giveaway to corporations and the rich, the Washington tax reform debate was fast shifting to the Senate, where Republicans hold only a slim majoritas a giveaway to corporations and the rich, the Washington tax reform debate was fast shifting to the Senate, where Republicans hold only a slim majority.

= > that's a reasonable argument (I disagree with it), but as the amendment only has the affect of reducing the age at which the unborn childs rights are respected, the only point to debate is what age it should be.

Politicians will have to weigh those during mark - ups, floor debates, the amendment process; for now, let's be as clear as possible about the ideals that should guide it.

As the Children's Schools and Families Bill 2009/2010 hurtles towards Royal Assent via the debating of committee stage amendments, there is a great deal at stake for home schoolers in particular and liberty in general.

In the most recent form of this debate, the courts have ruled that Creation - Science is not science but the propagation of particular religious beliefs, and as such the mandatory requirement of it being taught in public schools violates the establishment clause of the First Amendment to the Constitution.

Most Americans assume that the separation of church and state is a fundamental principle deeply rooted in American constitutionalism; that the First Amendment was intended to ensure that government does not involve itself with religion (and vice versa); and that contemporary debates over such vexing issues as school prayer, voucher programs, government funding of faith - based organizations, and the rights of religious minorities represent ongoing attempts to realize the separation intended by the Founders and like - minded early Americans.

MPs also debated an amendment backed by the British Humanist Association (BHA) which would have recognised their officials as valid conductors of marriage ceremonies.

As he raised concerns over the sweeping changes to state government through a pair of constitutional amendments proposed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo, Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie in a statement pointed to the relative short window of time debate would be held over term limits and creating a full - time Legislature that bans outside income.

As Congress debated amendments Thursday, Western New York Democrat Brian Higgins urged his colleagues not to roll back safety standards passed in response to the crash of Colgan Air Flight 3407 in Clarence Center.

The vote, which took place as the Commons debates Lords amendments to the electoral registration and administration bill, will deepen already intense bitterness on the government backbenches over the coalition's stalled constitutional reform agenda.

At the end of the committee stage of the Article 50 Bill in the Commons, it felt as if the debates on the hundreds of amendments and new clauses had been going on for 40 years.

It is considered by some parties as illegitimate, posing a serious danger to Japan's democracy since the Prime Minister circumvented the constitutional amendment procedure, dictating a radical change to the meaning of fundamental principles in the Constitution by way of Cabinet fiat without Diet debate, vote, or public approval.

As Lord Harries of Pentregarth and Iain McLean have pointed out, and as the Guardian recognised at the time; in the main debate on the civil partnership bill in 2004, six bishops voted in favour of (and one against) a wrecking amendmenAs Lord Harries of Pentregarth and Iain McLean have pointed out, and as the Guardian recognised at the time; in the main debate on the civil partnership bill in 2004, six bishops voted in favour of (and one against) a wrecking amendmenas the Guardian recognised at the time; in the main debate on the civil partnership bill in 2004, six bishops voted in favour of (and one against) a wrecking amendment.

When Friday comes, the Speaker will be having constant discussions with the Tories as to what amounts to a «reasonable» time for debate for each group of amendments.

Instead, on 2 December 1987 in committee, Conservative MP David Wilshire proposed an amendment to the new Local Government Bill, as not yet passed, debated as Clause 27 and later as Clause 28, intended to be equivalent to the Earl of Halsbury's Bill.

The debate took place as MPs considered Lords amendments being rushed through the Commons in just two hours.

In an article in the Evening Standard defending her decision to vote against the government last night, the Conservative former education secretary Nicky Morgan says the government should drop the amendment to the EU withdrawal bill fixing 29 March 2019 as Brexit day before it gets debated next week.

The amendment, to be debated next Wednesday, came as peers discussed a report by Lord Strathclyde into the power held by the Lords in the wake of the second chamber blocking government plans to cut # 4bn from working tax credits.

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The Lords is likely to debate any such amendment on Monday, before batting the legislation back to the Commons, possibly on the same day, in a parliamentary process known as ping - pong.

But the debate over the amendment lived on thanks to Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, who spent the week attacking the amendment as a cheap way to buy votes for the overall measure — and an expensive burden on New York State.

Our U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer called the federal gun control amendments about to be debated by the Senate as a «thoughtful» compromise, a «sweet spot» for a bitterly divided Congress.

Theresa May's steely gaze in the Lords this week, as peers debated amendments to the Article 50 bill, looks upon MPs as well, daring them to stand up and oppose her plans and be branded traitors to the country by her cabal of rabid newspaper supporters and parliamentarians.

(It should be noted that Price made those comments during a debate over an amendment, which he supported, that would have defunded a handful of NSF projects targeted as wasteful or unnecessary by GOP lawmakers; the hit list included grants to study bison hunting on the late prehistoric Great Plains and the sexual politics of waste in Dakar.)

One amendment would have left its status open to debate by creating two categories of planets — the eight «classical planets» as well as «dwarf planets» — that might have seemed to be on equal footing.

Although it is rare that a Private Member's Bill, such as this proposed amendment to the University of Ottawa Act, makes it through the many stages required before becoming law, putting the question on the floor of the legislature forces an open debate on the issue, in full view of the public and the press.

The hearing itself was delayed for 2 hours as the House debated dozens of amendments to the Republican plan to cut current spending by $ 61 billion.

It's confined to the final four months of his life, as the Civil War was ending and the 13th Amendment to abolish slavery was being debated.

Washington — The White House and its supporters in the Congress reportedly have launched an offensive aimed at beginning debate in the Senate as early as this week on a constitutional amendment allowing voluntary prayer in public schools.

An easy shorthand is to think of this debate as the tension between the Tenth and Fourteenth Amendments to the US Constitution.

Leaders in both camps have been debating charter funding in North Carolina for years, particularly since a 2010 amendment by Democrats in the legislature denied charters access to certain funding sources, such as sales tax revenues, gifts and grants traditionally bound for public school coffers.

You have in your packet a blue sheet that gives you the order of the day, so I won't belabor that too much, but I will just remind you that we're going to start out with a session on history this morning; then go to a lunchtime segment that will focus on some of the relevant federal constitutional issues, including evaluations of the federal attacks on and defenses of the Blaine amendments; then we will finish off the day with a session that will focus on litigation strategy related to these amendments and some of the arguments being made for and against them in that litigation, as well as a focus on how debates over faith - based initiatives and school vouchers are affected by these particular state constitutional restrictions.

These exhibitions, and the controversial works they presented, sparked a larger international and ongoing debate about public funding for the arts, censorship and other First Amendment concerns, as well as the definition of that which is considered art.

«Our leadership in the Southcoast delegation ensured significant procurement of renewable offshore wind, utilizing New Bedford as the main port,» said State Senator Mark C. Montigny (D - New Bedford), who authored key amendments during the 2016 energy debate to ensure stable and consistent offshore wind procurements.

Even once this round of the debate is done with, it is likely to be just the first in a line of proposed amendments as supporters look for short term fix to those flat prices.

Yet, if it is primarily the preserve of constitutional theorists — think of the American debate about the constitutionality of a proposed flag - burning amendment — it is nevertheless an issue with practical implications, as witnessed in the recent Pringle case before the CJEU.

Although the First Amendment's talismanic sway in the United States isn't likely to diminish anytime soon, the push and pull between privacy and free speech is increasingly playing out here as the right to be forgotten becomes a bigger part of the debate.

With 30 years of litigation practice under his belt, Mercer is well placed to have pushed the debate for change further this year as the working group he leads proposed amendments at the Law Society of Upper Canada that would allow non-lawyers to own up to 49 per cent of a law firm.

If Ministers now move to defeat amendments made with near - consensus across the major parties» back benches, in the face of coalition tensions, this could be seen as a move designed to occupy the likely limited time for debate with issues already well - dissected.

But even if the 4th Circuit declines to consider the impacts of Packingham, I expect it to emerge as a major influence in the ongoing debate on the conflict between the First Amendment and the ever expansive efforts of Hollywood to honor the motto of the DMCA: «with great power comes no responsibilities.»

The Senate vote tightened in the evening hours, as the Senate's privacy hawks worked to drum up support for further debate around the surveillance bill, opening the door for amendments that could limit the government's ability to use the loophole to surveil American citizens without first obtaining a warrant.

A proposal to arm some teachers and school employees proved particularly contentious Tuesday as Florida representatives debated amendments to a school safety bill.

The significance of the distinction between differential treatment which can be characterised as a special measure and differential treatment that arises from the unique cultural identity of a distinct cultural group was illustrated during the parliamentary and public debates over the amendments to the NTA and in particular over the amendments which sought to remove the right to negotiate from the Act.