Sentence examples for desk a bill from inspiring English sources

While the legislation still has several steps to go, the vote makes it likely that Congress will eventually send to President Obama's desk a bill that contains detainee-related provisions his national-security team has said are unacceptable.

"The General Assembly has decided after much consideration — and with clear majorities in both Chambers -- to send to my desk a bill that would decriminalize the possession of small amounts of marijuana, and I plan to sign it," he said in Monday's statement.

Periodically, congressional leaders come down from Capitol Hill to applaud as the president, seated at his desk, signs a bill that becomes the law of the land.

On his desk is a bill to prosecute any government whistle-blower who dares make public any corruption or abuses of power any official stamps "classified".

Some immigration measures are on their way to the governor's desk, including a bill that would allow counties to adopt stricter rules for legal immigrants who apply for indigent health care.

Already on the president's desk was a bill that would change the structure of the National Council of the Judiciary, giving government-appointed members near veto rights over any judicial candidates.

Senate leaders are planning to send to the president's desk next week a bill to reauthorize the government's authority to conduct foreign surveillance on U.S. soil, despite opposition from privacy advocates and mixed messages from President Trump himself, who questioned his administration's support for the program Thursday morning.

Meanwhile, Ryan has a carefully researched alternative on his desk -- a bill authored by his fellow Wisconsin Republican and friend Jim Sensenbrenner, together with Virginia Democrat Bobby Scott.

On your desk is a bill passed by the overwhelmingly Republican North Carolina legislature to ban local communities from building or supporting community broadband networks.

This week, with his grandmother's worn Bible on his desk, he signed a bill that gets him closer to that goal.

You can tour a model of Air Force One, view former First Ladies' gowns, visit the Presidential Pet Museum, and walk through a replica of the Oval Office, where visitors are encouraged to "sit behind the historical Resolute desk and sign a bill into law".