Sentence examples for benchmark legislation from inspiring English sources

But as has been the case since nearly the inception of the law, much confusion lingers over certain portions of it, underscoring Mr. Obama's struggles to win public support for his benchmark legislation.

For much of 2007, Democrats were able to deprecate the military progress and political reconciliation taking place on the ground by harping on the failure of the Iraqi government to pass the benchmark legislation.

In Washington, any proposal by the Ways and Means Committee chairman would usually serve as a strong benchmark for legislation that would likely become law.

In parallel to these voluntary rating-systems, and often under the umbrella of the European Commission's Roadmap 2050e, more and more national and local administrations are imposing their own obligatory benchmarks and legislation.

Mr. Clinton said that the House bill, drafted by Representatives Charlie Norwood, Republican of Georgia, and John D. Dingell, Democrat of Michigan, was his benchmark for acceptable legislation.

As Wyden said at PDF, such a document could be used as a benchmark against which legislation could be measured and he thought perhaps half of the Congress could support it given enough time.

Passage of the legislation is a benchmark in the deterioration of Russian-American relations, and unlike some of the earlier, symbolic moves, it has real consequences.

Benchmark 6: Enacting and implementing legislation addressing amnesty for former insurgents.

In 2006, the governor signed legislation that raised benchmarks for the production of wind power and promoted environmentally sensitive siting for transmission lines.

For total phosphorus, the benchmark value defined in Brazilian Federal Legislation is higher than the turnover threshold of several mayfly genera.

Had we such an articulation of rights it would give greater scope for the courts to assess the validity of legislation against human rights benchmarks.