Sentence examples for extended a policy from inspiring English sources

In 2007, an Army staff sergeant with two combat tours went absent without leave after his term of service was extended, a policy known as stop-loss.

In federal spending legislation enacted last week, Congress extended a policy rider that prevents the Justice Department from interfering with state medical cannabis laws.

Congress so far has not actively considered a raise, extending a policy of action by inaction it has followed for years.

Deal Professor » Fed Expected to Expand 'Operation Twist'  |  Economists surveyed by Bloomberg News predicted that the Federal Reserve, which makes an announcement on Wednesday, would extend a policy intended to lower long-term interest rates.

Most recently, the Fed announced in August that it intended to hold short-term interest rates near zero until at least the middle of 2013, extending a policy that has been in place since December 2008.

SPORTSTUESDAY, PAGE D1 Harder Road to 8th Grade Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg plans to extend a policy now in place for struggling third and fifth graders by holding back failing seventh-grade students.

To help reduce unemployment, the Fed said it would also continue monthly purchases of $85 billion in Treasury securities and mortgage-backed securities until job market conditions improved, extending a policy announced in September.

The suspension comes as the home secretary considers the implementation of her manifesto commitment to extend a policy of "deport first, appeal later" to all immigration appeals and judicial reviews.

A further complication would have arisen in these cases by virtue of the more limited discretion this Court enjoys to extend a policy for the States even as a constitutional remedy.

Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg said on Monday that he planned to make it harder this year for fourth and sixth graders who score poorly on standardized tests to move on to the next grade, extending a policy that his re-election team hopes will help him curry favor with voters.

This initiative extended a raft of policies intended to improve quality participation in early childhood as part of the Government's ten year Strategic Plan Pathways to the Future: Ngã Huarahi Arataki 2002 2012.