"amendment" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- The bill lets the C.I.A. "operate with a freer hand" than the Defense Department "in that space between the Army Field Manual and the McCain amendment," he said.
- The vote broke mostly on party lines, with only seven Republicans voting with 45 Democrats to vote down the McCain amendment.
- The third, he said, is to help make a case on Capitol Hill that the McCain amendment is unnecessary.
- The McCain amendment proposed eliminating the controversial surtax but keeping a monthly $4 premium to finance secondary benefits.
- The McCain amendment, prohibiting "cruel, inhuman, or degrading" treatment in all instances, is an accurate reflection of the true values of the military and American society.
- The McCain amendment, as it is known, was authored for Senator McCain's office by Anne P. Mitchell.
- Republicans in the Senate and House forced Mr. Bush to back the McCain amendment, and Mr. Cheney's plan to legalize torture by intelligence agents was rebuffed.
- The McCain amendment would prohibit the cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment of prisoners in American custody anywhere in the world, including at secret facilities run by the C.I.A.
- However, if the US does not tolerate torture inside or outside the United States, why is it resisting the McCain amendment?
- Mrs Ludford has mentioned the McCain amendment in this connection.
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