Sentence examples for continue to block action from inspiring English sources

"We do not believe that the Syrian regime should be able to hide behind the fact that the Russians continue to block action on Syria at the U.N".

Despite the fact that President Barack Obama had met the GOP demands, Senate Republicans continued to block action in the upper chamber until everything was complete and signed into law.

"Despite the killing, Russia and China continue to block any international action".

The courts should continue to block these piecemeal actions, and Congress should take on the immigration overhaul that it has left languishing for far too long.

A number of leaders have raised concerns that any military action might not have a United Nations mandate, as Russia and China, both Security Council members, continue to block any resolution.

Meanwhile, some countries continue to take unilateral action against each other's beef exports: Austria, Germany and Italy have banned French meat, and the French continue to block British beef.

Unmoved, American officials continue to block all discussion of inspections.

That Russia continues to block effective UN action cannot disguise the fact that among all the – mostly Arab – countries of the region, non-Arab Iran is out on a limb over Syria, just as it is over its suspect nuclear programme... Morsi's intervention will encourage Saudi Arabia and the Gulf states in their active support for the Syrian uprising.

"It is therefore galling that the UK government has not taken action itself and has continued to block these changes in the EU – leaving the steel industry on its knees.

Including up to half a million Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders, this ruling continues to block President Obama's expanded immigration-related executive actions and highlights the drastic state of our broken system.

It cleared the way for the education department to take action against individual schools that continued to block transgender students from restrooms and locker rooms.