Sentence examples for contentious portion from inspiring English sources

The most contentious portion of the original bill, stricken by the Senate, included a provision that some Catholic lawmakers opposed because they said they believed it would require clergy members to report sexual abuse allegations made to them during confession.

Russia has put forward a fresh bid to the UN to claim a contentious portion of the Arctic shelf, which is believed to hold up to a quarter of the Earth's undiscovered oil and gas.

Mr. Cuomo had significantly scaled back the most contentious portion of his pension proposal, which would have given new public workers the option of forgoing a traditional pension and instead choosing a defined contribution plan, similar to a 401(k).

But almost immediately after the final vote, the governor's staff and the Legislature began to dispute what was written in the most contentious portion of the budget — education — underscoring the secretive nature of the negotiations that led to thousands of pages of legislation.

Digital privacy advocates had hoped that the appeals case might prompt reform for a contentious portion of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) known as Section 702.

The contentious portion of FISA effectively creates a loophole allowing for warrantless surveillance of U.S. citizens via so-called "incidental collection" of their communications.

Although the hearing's most contentious portions involved the N.F.L., a consensus emerged that how the N.F.L. and its players handle the issue of brain-injury management will, however indirectly, influence behavior on the youth and high school level.

As for the contentious part?

The US has embraced genetically modifed crops, with 69m hectares (170.4m acres) given over to their cultivation, but the survey suggests the technology is still regarded as contentious by a significant portion of US society.

Lawmakers, meanwhile, sprinted to approve the dozen or so bills that make up the budget, starting with less contentious measures and finally taking up the portions of the budget dealing with state funding for schools and local governments late Wednesday.

Unicef puts the number at around 100,000, but it's a contentious estimate: it includes children who have a home, but spend a significant portion of each day on the street.