Word: amendment
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QUOTE OF NOTE: "I have taken it as a personal responsibility to amend bills or amendments that impose unfunded mandates so that our local jurisdictions will not be saddled with financing further federal dictates...
QUOTE OF NOTE: "I do agree that we should not be messing with the Constitution unless it's the last avenue, but if that's what it takes to do what's right, then that's the reason the Constitution was designed the way it was--so you can amend...
Last week, only days after the ordinance went into effect, the board voted to amend it and allow businesses to exercise "reasonable" judgment in delivering to certain spots. Kennedy called this a "stab in the back," but board president Kevin Shelley insists the revision is needed to address legitimate issues of worker safety. Domino's spokesman Tim McIntyre points out that Domino's delivers to more inner-city areas than most chains--and says the computer system helps them do it safely...
...more liberal than Clinton, who wanted to amend, not end, affirmative action," he wrote in The Crimson...
WASHINGTON, D.C.: House Republicans used toady's IRS deadline to score some points with voters by introducing a vote on a Constitutional amendment requiring a two-thirds majority of Congress to increase federal taxes. Republican sponsors say the amendment will make it harder for politicians to dip into the pockets of American families, but Democrats suggest it is political grandstanding. "It is a gimmick, something to bring up in a reelection speech," says TIME's Karen Tumulty. "Republicans are not actually trying to amend the Constitution. They want to drive home the point that they are serious about not raising...