Sentence examples for block initiative from inspiring English sources

Some Republicans have supported the D Block initiative, and Representative Peter T. King, Republican of New York, is expected to reintroduce a bill in the coming days to reallocate the spectrum, a person close to the issue said.

The unusual situation is the result of political maneuvering by Congress to block Initiative 71, a ballot initiative to make marijuana possession legal for adults 21 and over that was approved in the November 2014 midterm election by 70percentt of DC voters.

The Department of Justice and the federal courts used Section Five to block initiatives in Florida, South Carolina, and Texas.

Mr. Gramm was a master of procedure as well, using the rules to block initiatives he opposed while spouting Texasisms and driving his legislative foes batty.

The dispute illustrated how political opposition in just one of the 17 European Union countries that use the euro can block initiatives.

We have an industrial farming system that is a marvel for producing cheap food, but its lobbyists block initiatives to make food safer.

Republicans in the Senate have often been able to block initiatives put forward by the Democrats, and the Senate Democrats have often sidetracked the plans of the Republicans, who control the House.

One is that Mr. Greenspan, who was active in Republican politics until his appointment to the Fed in 1987, is too willing to advance his personal views and agenda, or to block initiatives of one party or the other, especially when it comes to budget policy.

The American pledge to block initiatives in the Security Council appears aimed at heading off efforts by the Palestinian Authority to seek international support for a unilateral declaration of statehood — something it has considered in recent weeks as Israel has refused to reconsider a new building moratorium.

For the second time they are being asked to vote in a referendum on a new rulebook for the European Union that would make it harder for individual governments to block initiatives, and that would create powerful new posts to represent the union around the world.

As it is now, the Senate and the Chamber of Deputies have equal weight and thus effectively cancel each other out, block initiatives and lead to gridlock.