Sentence examples for bring up measures from inspiring English sources

At the same time, Senator Harry Reid, the Nevada Democrat and majority leader, made a commitment to give Republicans more opportunity to change legislation on the floor in exchange for a commitment from Senator Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, the Republican leader, to refrain from filibustering attempts to bring up measures for debate.

At issue was an alleged "blue slip" violation — arising from the fact that bills affecting revenue must originate in the House — and a disagreement over how lawmakers would be able to bring up measures to block the president should he ever try to scale back sanctions against Russia.

Nevertheless, members of both chambers have vowed to keep bringing up measures to overcome the Bush policy, and sponsors of the legislation in the House and Senate have said their next tactic will be to attach provisions like those in S. 5 to health-related measures including appropriations bills.

Proponents of the measure said they do not expect the new Democratic majority, whose leadership strongly supports abortion rights, to bring up such measures, and that they will press the leadership to allow a second vote under regular rules.

Some of his fellow Senate Republicans, including Orrin G. Hatch of Utah and Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania, who is the lead Senate sponsor of the House bill, have been pressing him to bring up the measure for consideration.

With bipartisan opposition growing to the broader bill, Republican leaders conceded defeat and agreed to bring up the measure dealing only with 527 groups.

Senate Democrats have not decided when to bring up the measure.

By fulfilling a promise to bring up the measure, Mr. Hastert was defying critics who said he was putting party interests ahead of foreign policy.

Democrats swore that they would bring up the measure again and again this year, but a vote today illustrated how dim the prospects were that they would succeed in getting the bill passed.

Mr. Lott said he had made no decision, and renewed his promise to try to cut through several procedural and political hurdles and bring up the measure by the end of this month, before Congress adjourns for its five-week summer recess.

Mr. Pascrell used a privileged resolution, a procedure that allows even a single member to bypass leadership to bring up a measure for a vote — and that was more theatrically employed by some House conservatives in the fall in an effort to oust the head of the Internal Revenue Service over objections by their leaders.