Sentence examples for a far-reaching proposal from inspiring English sources

Mr. Gore offered a far-reaching proposal to change the financing of political campaigns.

See articleJust a lot of hot air?Barack Obama introduced a far-reaching proposal to cut carbon emissions from American power plants.

Mr. Olmert has said that he presented Mr. Abbas with a far-reaching proposal, but that he never received a response.

MIAMI — A state judge ruled on Friday that it was unconstitutional for the Florida Legislature to attach a far-reaching proposal — one that would privatize 29 prisons in South Florida — to "the hidden recesses" of an appropriations bill.

VOUCHERS FOR MEDICARE The Domenici-Rivlin panel has a far-reaching proposal to give Medicare enrollees vouchers to buy coverage from Medicare or a competing private plan offered on a Medicare exchange.

WASHINGTON — Outlining a far-reaching proposal on Thursday to rebuild the nation's broken system of financial regulation, the Treasury secretary, Timothy F. Geithner, fired the opening salvo in what is likely to be a marathon battle.

If "rising incomes have failed to make Americans happier over the last fifty years," he writes, "what is the point of working such long hours and risking environmental disaster in order to keep on doubling and redoubling our Gross Domestic Product?" To suggest that the U.S. abandon economic growth as a policy goal is a fairly far-reaching proposal.

Representative Michael G. Oxley, Republican of Ohio, who sponsored a less far-reaching proposal that passed the House in April, added provisions that would lengthen prison terms for certain crimes, require faster disclosure of significant company news, and direct monetary penalties levied by the Securities and Exchange Commission to a fund for defrauded investors.

Kent Jenkins Jr., a spokesman for Corinthian Colleges, said the changes in the final rule illustrate that "implementing a complex and far-reaching proposal takes time and that schools need a 'longer runway' to put effective programs in place". The Washington Post Co., which owns Kaplan for-profit colleges, also owns 8percentt of Corinthian.

The French also drafted a much more far-reaching proposal in June of that year; they advocated annual meetings of a council to settle all disputes, as well as an "international army" to enforce its' decisions.

The main proponent of this far-reaching proposal is an organization called Vision 42, a citizens' group with dozens of supporters.