Sentence examples for decisive legislation from inspiring English sources

While the early Christian church praised priestly chastity, it did not promulgate decisive legislation mandating priestly celibacy until the reform movement of the 11th century.

The markets, too, had come to hope for decisive legislation from Congress to restore faith in companies and their accounts, yet over the weekend the expected agreement never materialised.One reform measure, admittedly, had already been cast in stone: come mid-August, the chief executives and financial officers of 947 companies must sign off on, and be held criminally liable for, their accounts.

In an early morning address, Bush had appealed for approval from Congress: "With this strong and decisive legislation, we will help restart the flow of credit, so American families can meet their daily needs and American businesses can make purchases, ship goods, and meet their payrolls".

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And that's why I'm saying that for first time in many years people in Scotland can vote with the reasonable expectation that we might actually have a decisive influence on legislation in the next Parliament, and that is all to the good".

The 59 Scottish MPs rarely exert a decisive influence on English legislation in a parliament of 650 and the SNP has, in the past, withdrawn voluntarily from exclusively English votes.

Yet with minutes ticking down to a midnight deadline — and with a decisive vote on Lokpal legislation still pending —lawmakers responded late Thursday night to political self-interest: they screamed and postured but ultimately did nothing, allowing Parliament to adjourn for the year without a vote.

With Democrats now in control of 200 seats, a handful more than they had in the last Congress, and Republicans often sharply split on big issues like spending and taxes, Democratic votes have been decisive in getting major legislation through the House.

Thursday was the final day of the winter session of Parliament, and it was supposed to bring a decisive vote on the Lokpal legislation in the upper house.

Victoria Kennedy, the wife of the late Senator Edward M. Kennedy, described the two senators' long friendship despite their vastly different backgrounds, and noted Mr. Byrd's decisive vote for health care legislation last year.

Banging the table with a frustrated fist, as the Home Secretary and his two startled opposition counterparts looked on, the Prime Minister was demanding to know 'why the fuck' it was so impossible to rewrite human rights legislation to allow decisive action against a terrorist threat.