Sentence examples for bill motion from inspiring English sources

Labour has built up a head of steam over the legislation, aligning itself with a popular "drop the bill" motion.

Instead of the "kill the bill" motion, activists will vote on the alternative, backed by the leadership, which suggests the bill as amended should now be passed.

More than 270 delegates voted in favour of the "kill the bill" motion in a sign that will worry the deputy prime minister, Nick Clegg, as he tries to carry his party with him on the policy.

Almost immediately upon filing the bill motion was made for a preliminary injunction, which was granted, largely upon the authority of an opinion of the circuit court of appeals for the eighth circuit in the case of Mast, F. & Co. v. Dempster Mill Mfg.

The Federal Conference executive will probably allow two health bill motions and a motion on Syria through to a conference delegates ballot held on Saturday.

In the first round, the kill-the-bill motion won, with 270 votes to Williams's 246.

Another asked why they could not call their kill-the-bill motion the St Francis of Assisi motion.

Lib Dem health minister Paul Burstow declared the conference had made up its mind when it rejected the kill-the-bill motion on Saturday.

His move may be a sign that rebel Lib Dems behind a hardline anti-bill motion at the party's spring conference in Gateshead next week do not expect to win any vote that is held after Clegg's demands for fresh concessions, which was intended to reassure his party that the NHS would remain intact despite the bill's planned extension of competition.

Rule 4d, the "no paid advocacy" rule, says they "must not vote on any bill or motion, or ask any question in the House or a committee, or promote any matter, in return for payment or any other material benefit".

Anyone who wishes to block a bill or motion in the US Senate can simply state their intention to launch a filibuster; those proposing the bill or motion must then achieve 60 or more of the 100 available votes – a so-called "super-majority" – to continue.