The phrase "a motion to raise" is correct and usable in written English.
It is typically used in formal contexts, such as parliamentary procedure or meetings, to propose an increase in something, like a budget or a salary.
Example: "During the meeting, the committee put forth a motion to raise the annual budget for community programs."
Alternatives: "a proposal to increase" or "a request to elevate".
In Parliament, Coke spoke out against the conflict, debating the motion to raise money for the war through a new tax in April 1794, and supporting Wilberforce's anti-war motion on 24 March 1795.
Seconding the conference motion to raise awareness of the problem, Berkshire teacher James Schlackman said the debate should not be regarded as "moralistic lecturing", because young people today were being exposed to "dangerously unrealistic portrayals of sex".
"We can have a motion to instruct our conferees not to raise the debt limit by 51 votes, so I'm fine with going to conference".
Even so, they rejected a motion by Low to raise their pay for the session by $200, seeing it as a crass bribe.
Since taking office this year, Mr. Neto said, he has put in motion measures to raise revenues by increasing property taxes and hired the business consulting firm McKinsey & Company to find ways of improving the efficiency of the municipal bureaucracy.
Yesterday, Steven and Dan and another friend, Sandor Sienkiewicz of Manhattan, began their In Motion for a Million to raise money for the Huntington's Disease Society of America, The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society and Garden of Dreams.
The military cuts were set in motion by an agreement to raise the debt ceiling last summer, and they became automatic when a special select committee failed to come up with at least $1.2 trillion in deficit reduction over 10 years.
Nineteen Liberal Democrats – a third of the parliamentary party – are among 161 MPs who have signed a motion opposing the plans to raise the female pension age by 2020, while increasing numbers of Tory MPs have voiced their concerns.
Demme, across the aisle, motioned for Carter to raise the window shade.
