Sentence examples for controversial priorities from inspiring English sources

From now until the end of the month, Senate Republicans can approve legislation fulfilling one of their most controversial priorities without a single Democratic vote.

That concern has been directed most pointedly at Gates, because his foundation has spent the most by far on education philanthropy, and because he was pivotal in advancing some of the controversial priorities of the Obama administration's Education Department.

White House officials said Kelly sees his role as executing the president's orders, not modulating them — and they were quick to point out that Kelly managed some of Trump's most controversial priorities with stubborn determination, including immigration and border enforcement, as secretary of homeland security.

Even as industry groups representing emerging energies like solar and wind have gained clout, they've suffered setbacks in legislative skirmishing over relatively non-controversial priorities such as tax credits for renewable energy.

Rather, they say they are airing differences over a controversial policy priority for the president — that veterans have greater ability to choose private doctors at VA's expense.

Its work is often controversial, and its priorities reflect the politics of the administration in power.

The building and use of the machine was a controversial war-time priority, but von Neumann's interest greatly helped to overcome financial objections.

But while securing federal highway funding is a top Democratic priority, controversial riders like the bank deregulation items may prompt a veto from President Barack Obama that would be impossible to override without Democratic aid.

Given the controversial nature of priority setting, this finding might seem out of place; however, it showed that there are common elements reasonable people can agree on [ 10].

Toward the end of the Bush administration, the NSA undertook a major revision of collection priorities, a controversial process that meant some intelligence needs of some agencies would be given less urgency.

Unfortunately, conservation and climate change have not been a national priority since the controversial introduction of the carbon price.