Sentence examples for block passage from inspiring English sources

"It's impossible to block passage," he said.

Yet a few lawmakers in the Senate beholden to insurance companies continue to block passage.

Israel, which lies in between, will almost certainly continue to block passage between them.

Senate Republicans joined with two Democrats late Thursday to temporarily block passage of the spending measure.

If Senate Democrats can amass 41 votes in favor of the agreement, they could block passage of the disapproval resolution.

Ms. Pelosi predicted that insurers would not block passage of the legislation, President Obama's top domestic priority.

That in turn has prompted the controllers' supporters, especially in the Senate, to try to block passage.

Mr. Grassley said he worried that "partisan bickering" could block passage of any measure on the issue.

Undergraduate Association President Jonathan Katz '90, who opposes the CFYP plan, said that it would require a substantial effort in order to block passage of the proposal.

Oddly, the Administration, having testified against the act in the House, had failed to follow up with its usual lobbying efforts to block passage in the Senate.

In fact, this hypothesis is pointless because plant CWs are very porous and cannot block passage of large molecules, including proteins56.