Sentence examples for delayed bills from inspiring English sources

He has routinely blocked and delayed bills that have wide bipartisan support, often based on specious arguments".

When payments are delayed, bills bounce, leaving you with hundreds of pounds in bank charges, on top of your rent arrears.

They say that parliamentary gridlock has delayed bills for rebuilding the disaster areas and jeopardised budget financing, and that a grand coalition is the only way the ruling DPJ can overcome the blocking vote wielded by the opposition Liberal Democratic Party LDPP).

If the government's repeatedly delayed bill of rights ever surfaces, Isaac would like to use it to enhance children's rights.

Aon, the second-largest insurance broker after Marsh, said its net income had fallen 48percentt because of slowing growth in its brokerage business, claims from the attacks and delayed billing on policy extensions arranged for clients.

You might give it powers to delay Bills.

Peers can delay bills for a year but have no powers to block finance bills.

The other two can delay bills — use them as hostages — now that the deadlines are looming.

The Seanad may delay bills passed by the Dáil, or it may suggest changes in them, but it cannot indefinitely block their passage into law.

Akin to the House of Lords in Britain, the upper chamber can merely refine or, in rare cases, temporarily delay bills, which hasn't happened in 49 years.

Though denying wrongdoing, Halliburton has just decided to delay billing for $140m.