Sentence examples for consideration of legislation from inspiring English sources
It empowers a minority — partisan or not — to block consideration of legislation.
On Tuesday night the Senate passed a $287.4 billion spending bill, paving the way for a House-Senate conference committee's consideration of legislation to pay for Pentagon programs next year.
The report comes on the eve of consideration of legislation sponsored in the Senate by Christopher J. Dodd, Democrat of Connecticut, that would mandate similar changes by the states as a condition of their receiving federal money.
Republican supporters of Senator Trent Lott mapped out a strategy today to assure Mr. Lott's survival as the Senate Republican leader -- dispatching Lott allies to television news programs and radio talk shows, expediting Senate consideration of legislation supported by black organizations, and planning additional appearances by Mr. Lott before black groups.
The American Society for Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics promotes the science of human pharmacology and therapeutics through research, exchange of scientific information, consideration of legislation and regulations that affect drug development and utilization, and education.
The vote occurred during Judiciary Committee consideration of legislation to extend the Patriot Act.
The various actions taken must, of course, be carried out in full consideration of European legislation, including the legislation we are preparing in the field of chemical substances, in order to adopt coherent policies.
At the same time, Republicans said they would be planning to expedite consideration next year of legislation that Republicans said was intended to rebut the perception of the party as hostile to civil rights.
"Transparency, accountability and the virtues of good government are compromised when the legislative clock is used to avoid consideration of important legislation.
The debate in the Judiciary Committee will end Thursday, moving consideration of gun legislation to the Senate floor and perhaps the House, where members have indicated they might consider any legislation that the Senate passes.
Consideration of the legislation is expected to last for most of May.
