Sentence examples for cannot initiate from inspiring English sources

But it cannot initiate legislation.

The Senate and lower house non-government MPs cannot initiate funding.

The European Union lawmaking road is long and curvy, and the Parliament cannot initiate legislation.

Currently, the state cannot initiate prosecution on these crimes five years after they occur.

Although the Senate cannot initiate impeachment, it can hold hearings, summon witnesses and demand documents.

The Pakistani military, for example, can lend moral support but cannot initiate a tribal militia, the generals said.

And voters in some New England states cannot initiate constitutional amendments, a strategy for blocking same-sex marriage elsewhere.

The European Parliament signs off on laws, but it cannot initiate legislation and it suffers from low voter turnout.

As in most New England states, voters in Iowa cannot initiate constitutional amendments, a common strategy for blocking same-sex marriage elsewhere.

The Turkish government has informally requested that Gülen be returned to Turkey, though the US cannot initiate extradition proceedings until formal charges were brought against the cleric.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is on a hiatus because of the federal government shutdown, but that doesn't mean automakers cannot initiate recalls on their own.