Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To commit again.
- transitive verb To refer (proposed legislation, for example) to a committee again.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To commit again; as, to
recommit persons to prison. - To refer again as to a committee.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To commit again; to give back into keeping; specifically, to refer again to a committee.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb
commit again
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb commit again
- verb commit once again, as of a crime
- verb send back to a committee
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Examples
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I believe it was Stupak who said this, although I wasn’t paying enough attention: “As the author of the Stupak Amendment, this motion [to recommit] is nothing more than an effort to deny millions of Americans healthcare.”
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And just before that, he offered a motion to recommit, which is a very rare motion.
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Senate bill after President Obama said he would sign an executive order that would make sure the health care reform law would be consistent with current restrictions on federal funding for abortions. 10: 55 pm: Republicans have offered a motion to recommit, which is their last chance to kill the bill.
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Stupak decided to support the Senate bill after President Obama said he would sign an executive order that would make sure the health care reform law would be consistent with current restrictions on federal funding for abortions. 10: 55 pm: Republicans have offered a motion to recommit, which is their last chance to kill the bill.
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Stupak decided to support the Senate bill after President Obama said he would sign an executive order that would make sure the health care reform law would be consistent with current restrictions on federal funding for abortions. 10: 55 pm: Republicans have offered a motion to recommit, which is their last chance to kill the bill.
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Stupak decided to support the Senate bill after President Obama said he would sign an executive order that would make sure the health care reform law would be consistent with current restrictions on federal funding for abortions. 10: 55 pm: Republicans have offered a motion to recommit, which is their last chance to kill the bill.
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Senate bill after President Obama said he would sign an executive order that would make sure the health care reform law would be consistent with current restrictions on federal funding for abortions. 10: 55 pm: Republicans have offered a motion to recommit, which is their last chance to kill the bill.
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Stupak decided to support the Senate bill after President Obama said he would sign an executive order that would make sure the health care reform law would be consistent with current restrictions on federal funding for abortions. 10: 55 pm: Republicans have offered a motion to recommit, which is their last chance to kill the bill.
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Stupak decided to support the Senate bill after President Obama said he would sign an executive order that would make sure the health care reform law would be consistent with current restrictions on federal funding for abortions. 10: 55 pm: Republicans have offered a motion to recommit, which is their last chance to kill the bill.
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Senate bill after President Obama said he would sign an executive order that would make sure the health care reform law would be consistent with current restrictions on federal funding for abortions. 10: 55 pm: Republicans have offered a motion to recommit, which is their last chance to kill the bill.
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