Sentence examples for block administration from inspiring English sources

In each case, handfuls of moderate Republicans voted with Democrats to block administration plans.

After all, the Senate does technically have the power to block administration appointments for any reason it feels like.

Changes in the ECG following hERG block administration are explained by the effect of the drug on the action potential and repolarization time maps, as shown in Figure 5.

The women rated pain on a 100 mm VAS at the following time points during the procedure: speculum insertion, tenaculum placement, paracervical block administration, IUC insertion and 5 min after completion of the procedure.

Upon taking office in 2009, President Barack Obama ordered the detention camp closed within a year, but Congress has blocked administration efforts to shut it down and made it increasingly difficult to resettle Guantanamo prisoners.

Committee Republicans also tried to block an administration proposal to retire 50 nuclear-tipped MX missiles.

A23 Effort to Bar Mexican Trucks Labor, environmental and consumer groups filed suit to block Bush administration rules that could admit thousands of Mexican trucks.

They tried to block the administration from gutting a Clinton-era rule protecting 58 million acres of national forest from development.

Just this week, a bipartisan team in the House opened a legislative campaign to block the administration's decision to bring back the civilian nuclear agreement.

For example, in 2010, Senator Lindsey Graham, Republican of South Carolina, threatened to block Obama administration appointments unless money was provided for a harbor dredging project in his home state.

Simply the dorm rooms, a small concrete school block, an administration office and a canteen.