Sentence examples for championed measures from inspiring English sources

Mr. Gensler also championed measures to prevent Barclays from repeating its mistakes.

Unions have long championed measures to reduce social and economic inequality and efforts to weaken the labor movement at both the state and federal level have successfully stalled any progress.

Tom Myers, Chief of Public Affairs and General Counsel for AIDS Healthcare Foundation (the non-profit who championed Measure B in 2012), challenged the suit's description of Measure B as a violation of freedom of speech.

The conservative government of President Nicolas Sarkozy has championed tough measures to strengthen intellectual property enforcement.

That new panel is a main element of the "Sarbanes bill" that passed tonight -- named for Senator Paul S. Sarbanes, the Maryland Democrat who has long championed these measures.

It is also not at all unusual in Europe, where cultural diversity is championed and measures to protect linguistic and cultural difference are not just acceptable but the welcome norm.

As it strives for the right balance at home, the U.S. must also champion measures to encourage and reward invention everywhere else in the world, mindful that a "one size fits all" approach is unlikely to work.

Nicolas Sarkozy, who is taking over the presidency of the G20, is set to use the role to champion measures to bring commodity investors to heel.Those naturally inclined to dismiss any French efforts to regulate financial markets should note that Angela Merkel, Germany's chancellor, is on his side too.

In championing measures to relieve the student loan debt crisis, the administration was responding to the Occupy movement, which reportedly included about 250,000 people at its height.

Democrats had championed the measure.

The size of the majority exceeded even some predictions by diplomats who had championed the measure.