Sentence examples for advancing a proposal from inspiring English sources

Advancing a proposal to raise the federal minimum wage has been a top issue for House Democrats, and is expected to remain one throughout this election cycle.

re-introduced the "Darwin Day" resolution on the House floor Wednesday, advancing a proposal to designate British naturalist Charles Darwin's Feb. 12 birthday as a day of recognition for "the importance of science in the betterment of humanity".

Lawmakers stopped short of advancing a proposal to close the university for two years in an attempt to fix its finances, a plan endorsed by some legislators who criticized the lack of accountability at a school facing millions in debt.

Holt, a "Jeopardy!" champion with a doctoral degree in physics, recently re-introduced a "Darwin Day" resolution on the House floor, advancing a proposal to designate British naturalist Charles Darwin's Feb. 12 birthday as a day of recognition for "the importance of science in the betterment of humanity".

The panel voted 3-2 along party lines to advance a proposal in which content companies could pay to have their traffic prioritised by broadband providers.

The Democratic-controlled Assembly also proposed extending a temporary state tax surcharge on annual income over $1 million, signaling its intent to advance a proposal that Mr. Cuomo, a Democrat, and the Republican-controlled Senate oppose.

Having passed a resolution on Wednesday to keep the federal government operating through September, Republicans hope to advance a proposal that they say will balance the budget in a decade.

But the politics of Medicare have been poisonous, so toxic that Democrats haven't been willing to engage seriously on the issue, while Republicans have advanced a proposal that would eviscerate Medicare rather than preserve it.

Around the time of the F.T.C. report, a deputation of broadcasters made a visit to Senator Magnuson's office and advanced a proposal that had been conceived by network policymakers at N.B.C.'s Washington office.

In the 45-minute negotiating session, James F. Hanley, the city's labor commissioner, advanced a proposal that Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani has stressed in recent days: a longer workday, although Mr. Hanley did not say how much longer.

In Southold, the incumbent Republican supervisor, Jean W. Cochran, who had advanced a proposal to rezone farmland to allow just one home on five acres, was soundly defeated by a Democratic challenger, Joshua Y . Horton who opposed the plan.