Sentence examples for block initiatives from inspiring English sources

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 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.

Re "When Food Kills," by Nicholas D. Kristof (column, June 12): Far from blocking initiatives to make food safer, pork producers work to ensure that their products are safe.

In this case, the gunship deployment was acknowledged and abhorred, but brought no action other than the endless, circular bickering we have seen at the Security Council, with Russia and Iran and Chinana (to make a point of its presence) — blocking initiatives seeking to condemn or isolate or sanction Assad.

Francis Maude said there have been cases where top mandarins have blocked initiatives agreed by ministers.

The food industry has blocked initiatives for this tax in 30 states by pouring millions of dollars into lobbying and donations, such as the $10 million Coca-Cola gave to a hospital in Philadelphia to swing the vote in the legislature.