Sentence examples for divisive bill from inspiring English sources

Now, the president has a meaty, if politically divisive, bill that he is avidly selling.

"Certain religious signs, among them the Islamic veil, are multiplying in our schools," Mr. Raffarin told the National Assembly in introducing a divisive bill to ban most religious symbols from public schools.

The divisive bill placed the Democrat from San Diego in an awkward position as she had to balance pressure from the party's environmental base and one of the largest employers in her district.

For a divisive bill, the historian Srinath Raghavan informs me, the debates in Parliament were surprisingly short: two hours in the Lok Sabha on Aug. 18, and a few hours per day in the Rajya Saha on Aug. 25, 27 and 28.

In neighbouring Uganda, President Yoweri Museveni recently refused to approve a divisive bill that would have seen homosexuals jailed for life.

Norton believes that the Second Amendment Enforcement Act has almost no chance of passing, since House and Senate Republicans are unlikely to uniformly vote in favor of such a divisive bill.

While it might sound as crazy as giving Terrell Owens, the outspoken and divisive Bills receiver, an award as friendliest, calmest teammate, you really can give NFL player movement attention for its lessons in effective creative turnover.

That's the kid of chit-trading that usually moves big, divisive bills forward.

Cosgrove was in parliament to recall both houses for a special sitting, allowing for a vote on two divisive bills.

gained near-mythical status for her ability to rally her caucus behind politically divisive bills: from the bailout, to the stimulus, to cap and trade and, of course, health care.

Was it a mistake to work so hard on a divisive health bill instead of the economy and, especially, job creation?