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Ben Werner,
Student Newspaper Editor
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Both amendments were offered by other lawmakers on behalf of Bebko-Jones, who was unable to be in Harrisburg for the first phase of budget proceedings due to the death of her mother.
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John Fielding,
CEO
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These amendments increased benefits for existing beneficiaries for the first time (see The Story of COLAs), and they dramatically increased the value of the program to future beneficiaries.
First, there were not enough members present at the AGM to pass a motion to accept the constitutional amendments.
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Brian Mengel,
Civil Servant
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All proposed amendments must first be submitted to the bylaws committee for review to ensure compatibility with the provisions of the Group's governing documents.
SVTC was the first group in the country following the passage of Title III Right-to-Know provisions of the Superfund Amendments to obtain, analyze and publish a report documenting the toxic emissions in the local area.
Following publication of the first code under this charter and at all times thereafter, the ordinances and charter amendments shall be printed in substantially the same style as the code currently in effect and shall be suitable in form for incorporation therein.
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John Carthy,
Gun Shop Sales Assistant
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The first ten amendments to our Constitution were imposed by the states and citizens as a condition of ratifying the Constitution in order to preserve such fundamental freedoms as the right to bear arms, the right to be secure in our homes, the right to a fair trial, and the right to freedom of speech.
The amendments were proposed to the state legislatures by the first Congress that assembled under the Constitution in 1789 and were ratified in 1791.
The first ten amendments to the United States Constitution, known as the Bill of Rights, form the basis of our legal system's protection of the rights of the individual against the power of government.
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Bob Greenberg,
Congressional Candidate
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The first power reserved by the people of the Metis Nation in New England is the initiative and ten percent of the registered voters shall have the right to propose any legislative measure by petition and fifteen percent of the registered voters shall have the right to propose amendments to the constitution by petition, and every such petition shall include the full text of the measure so proposed.
Amendments to this constitution must be presented in writing at a regular meeting of the congregation and be received by a simple majority vote of the members first; adoption requires a two-thirds majority vote of members present at the succeeding regular meeting of the congregation.
The first ten amendments, which many of the original proponents of the constitution considered redundant and unnecessary, have laid a framework of respect by insuring governmental neutrality or noninterference with many private (such as religion) and public (such as free speech) domains.
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