amendment
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The Los Angeles City Council has approved an amendment meant to assuage concerns that a rodeo ban would unfairly block equestrian events of cultural significance.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026
While in Congress, Mr. Becerra co-sponsored a constitutional amendment to overturn the ruling.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026
"The change that I was hoping to see through the amendment would have repealed that legal defence. It would not have created a new criminal offence and that's really important."
From BBC • Jun. 7, 2026
The amendment failed after Cassidy voted against it.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 2026
One was the manner in which Paul and the other leaders shifted attention away from state-level voting rights toward a constitutional amendment granting women the national right to vote.
From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler
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