Outcome uncertain today in budget amendment vote

The Boston Globe;  June 11, 1992 ;     571 words ......balanced budget amendment to the Constitution...eve of an expected vote that congressional...children. Let's vote against the special...opponents called the amendment a political gimmick...campaign against the amendment, said the vote "could go either...

GOP Lifts Health Care Siege // But Vote on Amendment Shows Sharp Partisan...

Chicago Sun-Times;  August 17, 1994 ;     428 words ......early October. The vote was on a Democrat-sponsored amendment to require all private...emphasized after the vote that the 55 votes for the amendment "in no way reflected...agreed to allow a vote on Dodd's amendment. All but two Republicans...

Budget Amendment Rejected; House Vote Is 9 Short Of Margin Needed On...

The Washington Post;  June 12, 1992 ;     700+ words ......achieve the two-thirds vote necessary to adopt a constitutional amendment. On final passage...Vermont opposed the amendment. Shortly after the vote, Sen. Paul Simon...plans to schedule the amendment for a vote. To do so, Mitchell...

Bipartisan vote kills amendment; House ends school funding proposal

Concord Monitor;  June 7, 2007 ;     700+ words ......the days before the vote, several prominent...advocated for the amendment, saying that this...over than the 239- vote supermajority needed to pass an amendment. Whalley faulted...did not regret the vote against the amendment. He invoked a perennial...

Ban on Gay Marriage Fails; Senate Vote on Amendment Is a Defeat for Bush

The Washington Post;  July 15, 2004 ;     700+ words ......urged the House to pass the amendment. Despite the fact that the Senate vote effectively kills the amendment because it must win support...houses, the House plans to vote on a similar constitutional...groups that championed the amendment and jammed Senate telephone...three days described ...

BALANCED-BUDGET AMENDMENT FALLS 1 VOTE SHORT IN SENATE.(News)

Daily News (Los Angeles, CA);  March 5, 1997 ;     362 words ......leaders: a constitutional amendment requiring a balanced federal budget. The final vote was 66-34, one short...constituency that you will vote for a balanced-budget amendment and then turn around...political pressure'' and vote for the amendment.

Balanced Budget Nears Final Strike; GOP Senators Fail on Initial Try to...

The Washington Post;  July 1, 1992 ;     560 words ......attempt to force a Senate vote on a proposed constitutional amendment to balance the federal...debate and force the amendment to a prompt vote. If, as expected, the...The House defeated the amendment by a nine-vote margin earlier this month...

Marriage amendment vote vowed; Most area lawmakers back measure, but want...

The Patriot Ledger Quincy, MA;  February 7, 2004 ;     680 words ......lawmakers say they will vote on Wednesday for an amendment to the state Constitution...South Shore lawmakers will vote against the amendment no matter what shape it...she will not support the amendment. "I cannot vote to change the Constitution...

Assembly backs gun amendment Senate may not vote in time for '97 ballot

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  January 29, 1997 ;     700+ words ......Republican-controlled Assembly in an 84-13 vote. The proposed amendment was approved in a 28-5 vote...said he believed a Senate vote on the amendment was unlikely before the Feb...interests by scheduling a vote on the amendment on the first real working...

Amendment falls one vote short in Senate; Desecration doesn't merit...

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  June 28, 2006 ;     700+ words ......Hatch said. Tuesday's vote capped the latest...a flag desecration amendment in the aftermath of...on people who would vote against the amendment as if they're not...House also backed the amendment. After the vote, President Bush said...

By one vote, Senate again rejects balanced-budget amendment.(Originated...

Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service;  March 4, 1997 ;     700+ words ......a Constitutional amendment requiring a balanced...budget. The final vote was 66-34, one short...constituency that you will vote for a balanced-budget amendment and then turn around...political pressure'' and vote for the amendment. But, Johnson added...

Budget amendment less likely 2 key Democrats say without changes they'll...

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  January 31, 1997 ;     660 words ......impossible to reach the 67-vote threshold for adoption of the amendment if Biden and Torricelli...Republican senators plan to vote for the amendment, which means 12 Democratic...committee approved the amendment on Thursday by a vote of 13-5. It would require...

A vote shy, Dole delays budget bid Odds shaky for amendment; plan is...

The Boston Globe;  March 1, 1995 ;     700+ words ......unexpectedly delayed a vote last night on a constitutional amendment to balance the budget...is sure when the amendment will come up for a vote. Although Dole said...Social Security. Amendment supporters said...counting on Dorgan's vote although he was...

VOTE ON HUNTING RIGHTS SET VOTERS WILL DECIDE ON CONSTITUTIONAL...

Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI);  January 29, 2003 ;     447 words ......residents will vote this spring on...constitutional amendment was approved by...to put such an amendment on the ballot...need for such an amendment and some even wondered...Milwaukee. The amendment would provide that...approved by a 30-1 vote in the Senate and a 94-3 vote in ...

Voices rise as amendment vote nears

Concord Monitor;  June 6, 2007 ;     700+ words ......moves toward a historic vote an education funding amendment, slated for today or tomorrow...legislators from his party to vote for the Smith amendment. Calling the differences...fears 200 Democrats will vote for their amendment and 140 Republicans will...