Sentence examples for extraneous provision from inspiring English sources

Mr. Bush's aides say he still wants a wholly extraneous provision to require union members to approve use of union funds for political purposes.

[UPDATE 12/19/10: Though the provision initially died with the omnibus appropriations bill Thursday, it has been revived this weekend. Whether Congressional leaders will allow this extraneous provision into the Continuing Resolution (CR) remains to be seen.

"We had an agreement to move a clean bill, and we don't need those extraneous provisions in it".

A vote can waive objections to all extraneous items at once, so members can add multiple and far-reaching extraneous provisions.

"They're not extraneous provisions; they're vital," said Representative F. James Sensenbrenner Jr., the Wisconsin Republican who is chairman of the House Judiciary Committee.

This spring, they embarrassed themselves again by attempting to attach some extraneous provisions to a flood-relief bill for the Dakotas and Minnesota.

Supporters of the Disclose Act did not help their case by adding several extraneous provisions that gave Republicans additional excuses for voting no.

Mr. Thomas, often known for scathingly denouncing "extraneous" provisions in his tax bills, quietly supported the ceiling fan provision in the certain knowledge that Mr. Grassley on the Senate side would go along.

So they are insisting on several extraneous provisions that have nothing to do with a tax cut for the middle class, hoping either to achieve a few ideological victories for themselves or force negotiations with Democrats to a standstill.

At the same time, they said, Republican leaders had made no firm commitment to support the measure and they feared they could face conservative attacks for extraneous provisions like disaster aid for Arkansas and Mississippi.

The first is that it disallows any "extraneous" provisions in which "changes in outlays or revenues … are merely incidental to [its] non-budgetary components". As Ezra Klein pointed out a few months ago, health care legislation will certainly contain many provisions that may run afoul of this rule.