Sentence examples for compromise to extend from inspiring English sources

But after entreaties from the United States, Mr. Balkenende tried to find a compromise to extend the Dutch presence, at least on a scaled-back basis.

And their expiration would more acutely affect low- and middle-income families, who face drastic tax increases if political brinkmanship thwarts a compromise to extend them.

The sweeping changes are even more remarkable because they resulted not from an effort to address communications policy, but from a hard-fought bipartisan compromise to extend a payroll tax holiday and jobless benefits.

But after entreaties from the United States, Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende tried to find a compromise to extend the Dutch presence, at least on a scaled-back basis.

This discussion yielded a fresh compromise to extend Greece's loan agreement for four months, buying time for further negotiations on Greece's vast debts, which stand at 175% of its economic output.

First there was the December 2010 compromise to extend all of the George W. Bush-era tax cuts for an additional two years, followed by the complicated agreement in August 2011 to increase the Treasury's borrowing authority.

The Lib Dem leadership plans to muddle through by hinting at compromises to extend notional judicial discretion.

Obama's other entries in the top 10 — both of them compromises to extend or make permanent the Bush tax cuts — were much less equal in their distribution than the 2008 and 2009 stimulus packages, but that's before you consider their baseline.

The provision was included in last year's compromise legislation to extend the Bush tax cuts and unemployment insurance.

The message we hear from some Republicans — "this is no time for compromise" — threatens to extend the failures of governance for at least two more years.

Today, Senators Manchin and Toomey have forged a bipartisan compromise agreement to extend background checks to cover commercial gun sales, including online and at gun shows.