Word: amendment
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...quickly appeared that Labor would be unable to outbid Likud. The morning after the election, Shamir announced his willingness to amend the Law of Return, which grants all Jewish immigrants immediate Israeli citizenship. For years the religious parties have sought to redefine "who is a Jew" by recognizing only those born to a Jewish mother or converted to Judaism by an Orthodox rabbi. The proposal to disregard all other conversions has particularly upset U.S. Jews, most of whom identify themselves with the Conservative and Reform branches of Judaism...
...opposed the purchase on ethical grounds. Any spot that is private shouldn't be made better by House Committee funds," said Chuck W. Henebry '89, who circulated a petition against the purchase and is working to amend the constitution. "But the most important issue here is prevention--to insure that something like this never happens again...
...group trying to amend the constitution receives 75 signatures for their petition, the house will have to hold a referendum on whether there should be revisions made...
This recent Congressional action only reminds Washingtonians that they remain subject to the whims of politically-motivated legislators who should have no business meddling in the internal affairs of a city outside of their jurisdiction. Congress legally has final say over District appropriations and retains its authority to "amend or repeal" the city's laws...
Opposition leaders want the presidential ballot moved up. They also want to eliminate provisions in the constitution that make congress virtually powerless to amend it, that call for at least nine of the 35 senators to be government appointed and that give the armed forces both autonomy and supervisory role in national policy-making...