Sentence examples for block passage of the from inspiring English sources
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.
If party members do not accept his terms — and many vow they will not — Mr. Stupak is prepared to block passage of the health care overhaul.
"Republicans have made it crystal clear that they will block passage of the House bill in the Senate, because they don't believe the A.M.T. relief should be paid for — even by closing tax loopholes".
The German opposition has said that, without changes, it will block passage of the agreement in the Bundesrat, the upper chamber whose approval is required if legislation passed by the Bundestag is to become law.
What remained to block passage of the resolution, in addition to persistent Russian opposition, was the question of how to compensate Iraq's neighbors -- Jordan, Syria and Turkey -- for loss of oil supplies Iraq had been selling outside the system at reduced prices.
Congressional Republicans blocked passage of the card-check bill.
The employment minister, Michaelia Cash, has vowed to toughen up the registered organisations bill, despite the fact the Senate blocked passage of the existing, weaker bill.
Republicans on the evenly divided Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee blocked passage of the measure on Thursday, claiming that Mr. McGreevey's Democratic administration was trying to sneak through a tax increase in the form of higher fees.
All but three of the 45 senators who blocked passage of the bill had received campaign contributions from firearms lobbyists, and they raised record sums from their members and gun manufacturers in the months following Newtown.
But the fact is that Republicans in the Senate blocked passage of the DREAM Act in 2010, and though Rubio may have been working earnestly behind the scenes to pass legislation, we haven't seen any results yet.
