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• v  make amendments to
  amend the document
• v  to make better
• v  set straight or right

• But in November, Californians went to the polls to amend the constitution to prohibit gay marriage.
• The Congressman who is running to replace retiring Bill Frist as Senator from Tennessee has voted to outlaw gay marriage and to repeal the estate tax, and wants to amend the .
• But he says he will also propose to amend a "Treatment of People" law to include an article that makes bride-selling a criminal act.

• better
• improve
• ameliorate
• meliorate
• rectify
• remediate
• remedy
• repair

• worsen

News & Articles

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• City Council votes to amend ward redistricting
  MICHIGAN CITY — The City Council voted 7 to 2 on Tuesday to amend the 2012 redistricting of the six wards in Michigan City.
  June 14, 2013 - The Michigan City News-Dispatch
• Salt Lake City Move to Amend on the move
  Salt Lake City Move to Amend on the move by Christopher Smart The Salt Lake Tribune Published Jun 10, 2013 05:14PM MDT Move to Amend Salt Lake is looking for a few good people who don’t believe in corporate personhood and the free-flow of money into politics ­— and the beer is on them. The grass-roots organization is kicking off its summer campaign 7 p.m. Thursday at the Washington Square Cafe ...
  June 11, 2013 - The Salt Lake Tribune
• Sprint-SoftBank Amend Merger Deal, Cash Offer For Sprint Shareholders Raised
  Sprint-SoftBank Amend Merger Deal, Cash Offer For Sprint Shareholders Raised
  June 11, 2013 - Nasdaq

Quotes

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• Sarah Palin in ABC News
  I am, in my own, state, I have voted along with the vast majority of Alaskans who had the opportunity to vote to amend our Constitution defining marriage as between one man and one woman,Palin said, citing the 1998 initiative that banned gay...
• Mike Huckabee in FOXNews
  I believe it's a lot easier to change the Constitution than it would be to change the word of the living God,Huckabee said Monday night in Warren, Mich. "And that's what we need to do, is to amend the Constitution so it's in God's...
• Barney Frank in Reuters
  It depends on the House Republicans dropping this revolt against the president and cooperating in trying to amend the plan,Frank said.