Sentence examples for coerce legislation from inspiring English sources
It's hard, considering the Treaty's future, not to feel the familiar ache of resignation: the way lobbyists coerce legislation into being, the way corporate interests are endlessly privileged, the way the difficult, patient work of conservation is often thwarted in favor of easier, faster money.
And so pro-life groups push for legislation that will coerce women into very narrow roles, and punish them for stepping out of line.
He is specifically charged with impeding the progress of legislation by threatening members of Congress if they favored legislation of which he disapproved and with seeking to coerce Congress by threatening to veto laws which Congress might pass in the proper exercise of its prerogatives.
The other requires clinics to post signs stating it is illegal to coerce a woman to have an abortion; 11 other states introduced similar legislation.
Governor Pataki, a fellow Republican, has said for years that he would sign the legislation, and for the last 18 months he has been promising gay-rights advocates that he would coerce the senators from his party to pass it.
He once penned an opinion piece where he eschewed legislation that adds "gender identity" to human rights protections, warning that "the radical left is using government power to coerce everyone, including children, into pledging allegiance to a radical new gender ideology over and above their right to privacy, safety, and religious freedom".
They coerce false testimony.
"(1) to restrain or coerce..
He continued to coerce me.
You cannot coerce him with threats".
