Sentence examples for chief roadblock from inspiring English sources

The Senate has been the chief roadblock for raising the minimum wage, which has been a top priority for Democrats for more than a year.

If passed, that bill ought to dissuade the European Union from considering serious cuts to its protections for farmers a chief roadblock for the Doha round.Congressional Democrats have been most active on the bilateral free trade deals already negotiated by the administration and awaiting their approval.

The chief roadblock to their participation, say federal and state officials, is the Federal Housing Finance Authority, which has controlled the mortgage giants since they nearly went bankrupt in 2008.

The chief roadblock to forming a municipal bank has been the concern that it was not allowed under state law, but a legal opinion issued by Deputy City Attorney Thomas J. Owen has now overcome that obstacle.

Senator John Kerry of Massachusetts, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, welcomed Howard Dean, the former governor of Vermont who once seemed his chief political roadblock, to his headquarters here on Wednesday with an ovation by scores of staff members.

Then one of them approached the police chief at the roadblock and, without a word, slapped him twice across the face as he instructed him to move.

But "maybe television will only cover roadblocks," Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist commented.

Infrastructure challenges and unfavorable business regulations are chief among the roadblocks that have hampered regional investment.

Perhaps the biggest roadblock though was what James J. Schiro, chief executive of Pricewaterhouse, diplomatically called "market conditions".

Mr. Reda's point brings up what compensation experts say may be the most formidable roadblock to fairer pay practices: longstanding chief executives who prefer the status quo and who hold sway over their directors.

"The 39-year-old's chief aim," we write, "is to remove the roadblocks to dynamism that have left Europe behind the curve of innovation.