In this term, he introduced for the first time his Homestead Bill, which sought to provide 160 acres for every poor family head " without money and without price "; Johnson did not rest until passage some years later.

In a second effort at compromise, Trumbull presented for Johnson's signature the first Civil Rights Bill, which sought to grant citizenship to the freedmen.

Lord Goldsmith, the then Attorney General, then pressed forward with the Fraud ( Trials Without a Jury ) Bill in Parliament, which sought to abolish jury trials in major criminal fraud trials.

Some believe that the framers of the Bill of Rights sought to balance not just political power, but also military power, between the people, the states and the nation, as Alexander Hamilton explained in 1788:

The Bill sought to amend the original ISA to allow ASIS to be involved in the planning and undertaking of paramilitary or violent activities by others, and provide, train with, and use weapons and self-defence techniques in certain circumstances ( that is where the overseeing minister deems the circumstances suitable ).

Chamberlain sought to stem the feared exodus of Nonconformist voters by securing a major concession – local authorities would be given the discretion over the issue of rate aid to voluntary schools, yet even this was renounced before the guillotining of the Bill and its passage through Parliament in December 1902.

In the official summit meeting with US President Bill Clinton, the tone was relaxed as Jiang and Clinton sought common ground while largely ignoring areas of disagreement.

( 92d Congress, Senate Bill 2842 ) The developers of this legislation in this Administration sought to cultivate support from commercial buyers of transportation services, consumer organizations, economists, and environmental organization leaders.

He supported the congressional Young Bill, which sought to carry out a referendum in Puerto Rico to define the political status of the island.

The last United Kingdom bill called a " Pains and Penalties Bill " was Pains and Penalties Bill 1820 and was passed by the House of Lords in 1820, but not considered by the House of Commons ; it sought to divorce Queen Caroline from King George IV and adjust her titles and property accordingly, on grounds of her alleged adultery, as many private bills dealing with divorces of private persons did.

In March 1992, Black sued his manager, Bill Ham, for breach of contract ; Black sought $ 2 million in damages and requested that Ham return $ 4 million in royalties.

High churchmen and Tories, empowered late in Queen Anne's reign, sought to close this loophole with the passing of the Occasional Conformity Bill in 1711, however the Act was repealed after the Hanoverian Succession with the return to power of the Whigs, who were generally allied with non-conforming Protestants.

In 1999, Queen Elizabeth II, acting on the advice of the government, refused to signify her consent to the Military Action Against Iraq ( Parliamentary Approval ) Bill, which sought to transfer from the monarch to Parliament the power to authorise military strikes against Iraq.

Harris subsequently sent a letter on April 26, 2005 to defense appropriations subcommittee Chairman C. W. Bill Young, in which Harris sought $ 10 million for a Navy project backed by Wade.

The Education Bill sought to regulate appointments and conditions of teachers.

The Bill sought to abolish the office of Lord Chancellor, and to transfer his functions to other officials: legislative functions to a Speaker of the House of Lords, executive functions to the Secretary of State for Constitutional Affairs and judicial functions to the Lord Chief Justice.

Goldberg hired former University of Minnesota coach Bill Musselman and, with a completely different roster, color scheme, set of uniforms and just about everything else, sought to repeat Denver's turnaround, in 1974-75, from mediocrity to championship contender.

Jackson unsuccessfully sought the post as the Democratic National Committee chairman in 2001, losing to the fund-raiser Terry McAuliffe, who had the backing of Bill Clinton and Hillary Clinton, with Jackson receiving the backing of the Presidential candidate Bill Bradley, among others.

Before becoming a trapper, Belaney sought first hand experience to learn the basic skills of a woodsman and apprenticed himself to Bill Guppy.

Faubus sought the governorship again in 1970, 1974, and 1986 but was defeated in the Democratic primaries by Dale Bumpers, David Pryor, and Bill Clinton, respectively, each of whom went on to defeat Republican opponents.

Additionally, Democratic governor Bill Richardson and Republican former mayor Rudy Giuliani, both Catholics, sought the nomination for their respective parties in the 2008 presidential election.

President George W. Bush first asserted executive privilege to deny disclosure of sought details regarding former Attorney General Janet Reno, the scandal involving Federal Bureau of Investigation ( FBI ) misuse of organized-crime informants James J. Bulger and Stephen Flemmi in Boston, and Justice Department deliberations about President Bill Clinton's fundraising tactics, in December 2001.

Since then Calvin and Hobbes creator Bill Watterson has written extensively on the issue, arguing that size reduction and dropped panels reduce both the potential and freedom of a cartoonist.

In 1778, Jefferson's " Bill for the More General Diffusion of Knowledge " and subsequent efforts to reduce control by clergy led to some small changes at William and Mary College, but free public education was not established until the late nineteenth century.

In the same year that Perot organized the rescue mission in Iran, Texas governor Bill Clements requested his assistance developing policy to reduce illegal drug use.

The Commons passed resolutions ( 14 April ) that would form the basis for the Parliament Act: to remove the power of the Lords to veto money bills, to reduce their veto of other bills to a power to delay for up to two years ( the Bill would become law if passed a third time by the Commons ), and also to reduce the term of Parliament from seven years to five ( the King would have preferred four years ).

The Commons passed resolutions ( 14 April ) which would form the basis for the Parliament Act: to remove the power of the Lords to veto money bills, to reduce their veto of other bills to a power to delay for up to two years ( the Bill would become law if passed a third time by the Commons ), and also to reduce the term of Parliament from seven years to five ( the King would have preferred four years ).

The advocates of repeal therefore promised, not only a Big Loaf ( which was to be doubled in size ) but also the passing of the Ten Hours Bill " ( i. e. to reduce working hours ).

" The military first hoped to have Buffalo Bill — a friend of Sitting Bull — aid in the plan to reduce the chance of violence.

In 1899, the last year of his life, he supported the Seats for Shops Assistants Bill ( to reduce cruelty to women employees ), stalked a stag in Scotland, shot 65 snipe in 1½ hours in Aldford on his Cheshire estate, and attended the wedding of one of his granddaughters.

To reduce the load on the Ork, Cap ' n Bill and Trot each eat a light lavender berry so they are small enough to carry in Trot's bonnet.

In 2005 he proposed amendments to the Water Bill to create a water charge equalisation scheme to reduce the very high costs of water in the South West.

Many factors contributed to the cancellation: rising cost estimates ; poor management by physicists and Department of Energy officials ; the end of the need to prove the supremacy of American science with the collapse of the Soviet Union ; belief that many smaller scientific experiments of equal merit could be funded for the same cost ; Congress's desire to generally reduce spending ; the reluctance of Texas Governor Ann Richards ; and President Bill Clinton's initial lack of support for a project begun during the administrations of Richards's predecessor, Bill Clements, and Clinton's predecessors, Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush.

It contained six key recommendations to reduce the death and social destruction caused by alcohol in New Zealand-all of which were ignored in the Alcohol Reform Bill introduced to parliament by Simon Power.

The Bill would have sought to reduce the voting age to 16 in New Zealand and make civics education part of the compulsory curriculum in schools.

In 1994, Kasich was called in by Republicans who supported Clinton's Omnibus Crime Bill of 1994 to assist in helping to reduce the overall cost.

Ambrose was criticized by Bill Graham, Leader of the Opposition, on May 15, 2006 for chairing a UN conference on climate change despite admitting that Canada will not meet its Kyoto Protocol targets to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

In 1997, Pope made headlines when he publicly criticized Premier Harris, accusing the government of demonizing teachers and supporting the teachers ' strike against Harris's Bill 160 ( the " Education Quality Improvement Act ") which removed the ability of collective bargaining agreements to regulate working conditions for teachers, introduced teacher testing and allowed the government to increase class sizes and reduce preparation time.

In 2006 she introduced a Member's Bill to Parliament to reduce the size of the New Zealand House of Representatives from 120 members to 100 members.

In January 1789 when the Commons ' resolutions in favour of a Regency Bill ( which would restrict the Prince of Wales ' regal authority ) came up to the Lords, Fitzwilliam said they would " reduce the constitution from the principles of a limited monarchy, and change it to the principles of a republic ".

In May 2008, she tabled an amendment to the proposed Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill seeking to reduce the upper limit for abortions to 20 weeks from the current 24 weeks of pregnancy.

He was the mover of a key amendment to the Human and Fertilization and Embryology Bill in the 2005-2010 Parliament, which sought to reduce the abortion termination term-limit from 24 weeks to 16 weeks.

President Bill Clinton awarded Allison the Defense Medal for Distinguished Public Service, for " reshaping relations with Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, and Kazakhstan to reduce the former Soviet nuclear arsenal.