Sentences with phrase «several other amendments»

But then there were several other amendments too, and many of these amendments offered loopholes that creationists will be using to try to get their views into the classroom and into the text books.

Several other amendments — also defeated — would have capped payments to individual farms (the proposed caps ranged from $ 250,000 to $ 750,000).

Not exact matches

Attorney General Jeff Sessions, a former senator from Alabama, and other conservatives attempted to pass this provision, known as the Child Tax Credit Integrity Preservation Act, on several occasions as an amendment to the tax code, arguing that it would save $ 4.2 billion in federal money going to undocumented families.

Delegates at the United Methodist Church's General Conference last year approved the sexual orientation amendment, as well as several others that would have changed how the international church is governed.

The Congress, whenever two thirds of both Houses shall deem it necessary, shall propose Amendments to this Constitution, or, on the Application of the Legislatures of two thirds of the several States, shall call a Convention for proposing Amendments, which, in either Case, shall be valid to all Intents and Purposes, as Part of this Constitution, when ratified by the Legislatures of three fourths of the several States, or by Conventions in three fourths thereof, as the one or the other Mode of Ratification may be proposed by the Congress

Chief U.S. District Judge William M. Skretny today upheld the assault weapons ban portion of New York's SAFE Act, but struck down several other provisions — including the seven - round magazine limit, calling it «largely an arbitrary restriction that impermissibly infringes on the rightsguaranteed by the Second Amendment.»

Russia tried to pass an amendment excluding the vice-president's role, but it was overruled, as were several other efforts.

The Times, along with several other editorial boards over the weekend, urged voters to not approve the amendment next week, which would allow for up four casinos in the first round of construction.

The Congress, whenever two thirds of both Houses shall deem it necessary, shall propose Amendments to this Constitution, or, on the Application of the Legislatures of two thirds of the several States, shall call a Convention for proposing Amendments, which, in either Case, shall be valid to all Intents and Purposes, as Part of this Constitution, when ratified by the Legislatures of three fourths of the several States, or by Conventions in three fourths thereof, as the one or the other Mode of Ratification may be proposed by the Congress; Provided that no Amendment which may be made prior to the Year One thousand eight hundred and eight shall in any Manner affect the first and fourth Clauses in the Ninth Section of the first Article; and that no State, without its Consent, shall be deprived of its equal Suffrage in the Senate.

Speakers who urged the town to move forward with the zoning amendment included Susan Moody; former APA Chairman and Upper Saranac Lake resident Curt Stiles; Adirondack historian Mary Hotaling, who is founder of Historic Saranac Lake; Steven Englehart of Adirondack Architectural Heritage and Laura Parmington, a former camper and counselor, among several others.

The moves came in a series of amendments to a 2016 spending bill for the Department of Commerce, home of the Census Bureau, and several other agencies that passed last night on a mostly party line vote of 242 to 183.

The amendment was one of just a few passed yesterday evening as the House science committee deliberated over the Frontiers in Innovation, Research, Science, and Technology (FIRST) Act, a controversial bill that would reauthorize the National Science Foundation (NSF) and several other science agencies.

OW is responsible for implementing the Clean Water Act and Safe Drinking Water Act, and portions of the Coastal Zone Act Reauthorization Amendments of 1990, Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, Ocean Dumping Ban Act, Marine Protection, Research and Sanctuaries Act, Shore Protection Act, Marine Plastics Pollution Research and Control Act, London Dumping Convention, the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships and several other statutes.

Not only were several of the movie's major characters involved in the assassination plot (it was a multi-pronged affair and involved other attempts on lives of the cabinet), Lincoln drove through throngs of people, enraptured in celebratory glee, following the passing of the Amendment.

In June 2008, a church - state watchdog organization and several other groups filed a lawsuit in Florida seeking to remove from the state's November ballot two proposed amendments to the Florida Constitution.

They allege that it violates the state constitution's «no compelled support for religion» and Blaine Amendment provisions, as well as several others regarding taxation.

Murray and several other Democratic senators spent time arguing for the passage of Sen. Al Franken's (D-MN) amendment, which would make it easier to discourage bullying of LGBT students in schools, but it did not pass.

The committee opposed multiple amendments seeking to increase funding allocations for Title I, Head Start, school counseling, arts education and several other important education programs.

He joined with several other authors (including Amy Tan, Lemony Snicket and Nora Roberts) in auctioning off character names to benefit the First Amendment Project, a nonprofit group that supports free speech.

OW is responsible for implementing the Clean Water Act and Safe Drinking Water Act, and portions of the Coastal Zone Act Reauthorization Amendments of 1990, Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, Ocean Dumping Ban Act, Marine Protection, Research and Sanctuaries Act, Shore Protection Act, Marine Plastics Pollution Research and Control Act, London Dumping Convention, the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships and several other statutes.

Several of the most coal - dependent utilities have endorsed the House bill, but the coal coalition has not — it wants caps on the price of emission permits, among other amendments.

Based on our Bill Rights which provides that «the state must take reasonable legislative and other measures, within its available resources, to achieve the progressive realisation of the right to have access to health care services», our Department of Trade and Industry has developed a draft IP Policy which intends to initiate the amendment of several IP laws, amongst which is our Patents Act.

It seems clear, however, that certain amendments to the Ontario OHSA are likely, and several others are possible.

The Bill also includes consequential amendments to several other Manitoba Acts because of the name change to «Public Guardian and Trustee».

The Congress, whenever two thirds of both Houses shall deem it necessary, shall propose Amendments to this Constitution, or, on the Application of the Legislatures of two thirds of the several States, shall call a Convention for proposing Amendments, which, in either Case, shall be valid to all Intents and Purposes, as Part of this Constitution, when ratified by the Legislatures of three fourths of the several States, or by Conventions in three fourths thereof, as the one or the other Mode of Ratification may be proposed by the Congress; Provided that no Amendment which may be made prior to the Year One thousand eight hundred and eight shall in any Manner affect the first and fourth Clauses in the Ninth Section of the first Article; and that no State, without its Consent, shall be deprived of its equal Suffrage in the Senate.

Amendments have been made to several other standards of the National Chart of Accounts.

A new Standard of Practice relating to Article 12 (which requires a true picture in advertising) as well as several amendments to other Standards of Practice will ensure that:

«This amendment gives Realtors the same tax advantages already enjoyed by several other professions.»