Sentence examples for a failed proposal from inspiring English sources

He supported a (failed) proposal to ban gay marriage and domestic partnerships in Arizona in 2006.

The new legislation builds on a failed proposal introduced in 2013 following the Newtown shooting.

Here's a sneak preview:John McCain supported a (failed) proposal to ban gay marriage and domestic partnerships in Arizona in 2006.

Downing Street was saddled with the promise Cameron had made in 2010 to limit annual migration to "tens of thousands" – a failed proposal that could not apply to EU nationals.

Two weeks ago, as the proposal appeared stalled, Senator John Kerry, Democrat of Massachusetts, and Senator John McCain, Republican of Arizona, sponsors of a failed proposal to raise federal fuel economy requirements, wrote California legislators, urging them to put aside the auto industry's arguments in considering the bill.

"This is a historic opportunity for New York City," said Adriene L. Holder, a lawyer and board member representing tenants who voted in favor of a failed proposal to decrease rent by 1.75percentt on one-year leases and 3.5percentt on two-year leases.

Mr. Brooks has been outspoken against immigration legislation, including a House Republican's failed proposal to extend citizenship to so-called Dreamers — Latinos brought into the United States illegally as children — if they joined the military.

"I've wrestled with the question of, 'What does this vote mean?' " Governor King, a vocal supporter of the failed proposal, told the red-nosed, numb-toed crowd.

A case in point: the recently failed proposal to construct new nuclear reactors in Iowa.

Leading shareholders in BAE Systems have called on the chairman and a senior director to resign following the failed proposal to merge with EADS.

After much debate and one failed proposal, 232 members of the 10,000 member assembly, who nevertheless constituted a large majority of those remaining at the meeting, voted to pass a resolution.