Sentence examples for element of legislation from inspiring English sources
WASHINGTON — As the health care debate heats up, the American Medical Association is letting Congress know that it will oppose creation of a government-sponsored insurance plan, which President Obama and many other Democrats see as an essential element of legislation to remake the health care system.
As they scurry to repay the government and escape its influence over their operations, they have been fighting elements of legislation to regulate their industry more tightly.
The government option has become one of the most contentious elements of legislation taking shape in Congress, with critics saying it is a step toward a federal takeover of health care and supporters arguing that it is essential to create competition with private companies.
The Wall Street Journal recently reported on clandestine insider trading deals, where elected officials in Washington revealed key elements of legislation before passage, enabling financiers to turn huge profits.
Mr. Miller said requiring employers to contribute to the cost of coverage was one element of the legislation being discussed by the House chairmen.
A controversial element of the legislation was a provision that would allow the state Public Utilities Commission to raise electricity rates to cover wholesale costs.
He also hinted at a potential element of compromise legislation: that any oil produced from wider access to federal lands off shore be reserved for domestic use and barred from export.
The budget office is a key element of recent legislation designed to establish the sustainability of the budget as a constitutional requirement, and thus to prevent major turns in fiscal policy as governments change, or election-year spending sprees.
In each case, the commercials urge support for the measure requiring background checks for nearly all firearms purchases, not just those in gun stores, the most debated element of the legislation and a coveted goal of gun control advocates.
