Sentence examples for dropped consideration from inspiring English sources

On Wednesday, a turning point in the heated national debate on gun control was reached when the United States Senate dropped consideration of some minimal restrictions on the sale and distribution of guns.

In the final days of the 2000 legislative session, the House of Representatives dropped consideration of a measure to force the six power plants to cut pollution after opponents in the State Senate attached a rider that eliminated any deadline for the reductions.

Note that the marginal "+" sign that accompanies this entry is usually taken as Berkeley's indication that he has rejected or dropped consideration of the point contained therein.

Some others, as discussed later, have retained consideration (1) but dropped consideration (2).) An additional consideration that has been influential, yet is logically separable from the other two, is (3) the thesis that the whole-brain standard updates, without replacing, the traditional approach to defining death.

Party officials say they have asked ABC News to drop consideration of Fox as a partner for the sixth and final officially sanctioned debate, which ABC News is in the running to sponsor in New Hampshire.

According to multiple Senate sources, Murray has pushed Ryan to drop consideration of pension cuts or, at the very least, reduce the overall amount (Ryan's House budget counted $120 billion in those cuts over a ten-year period).

Tennessee lawmakers on Wednesday advanced a bill that would require students to use school bathrooms that correspond to their gender at birth, after dropping consideration of the measure last month.

The show was dropped from consideration after Sept. 11, since one of the musical's plots involves a plot to blow up a building.

The Staten Island site has been dropped from consideration because it was not appealing enough to the first respondents, city officials said.

Under the plan brokered by the group, known as the Gang of 14, the Democrats agreed to end their filibuster blocking some of Mr. Bush's appeals court nominees, in exchange for other conservative nominees being dropped from consideration.

The members said they were pressured by outsiders, including a case in which, The Crimson White reported, the recruit was dropped from consideration at the insistence of a volunteer sorority adviser who also works for the university.