Sentence examples for failed to enact a solution from inspiring English sources

Fitch Ratings said Monday that it would downgrade Illinois state government credit from A to A- because lawmakers failed to enact a solution to the state's public-employee pension crisis.

If the tuna authority failed to enact a ban, the committee would be empowered to enact the trade ban.

But they failed to enact a new tax break for American corporations with overseas sales.

Despite more than a decade of effort by advocates, the New York Legislature has failed to enact a remedy.

President George W. Bush also failed to enact a landmark change in a domestic program, his second-term effort to create private accounts in the Social Security system.

And because Congress has failed to enact a federal employment nondiscrimination act, bias against gays in the workplace remains a constant threat.

The Illinois General Assembly recessed on their planned adjournment date of May 7, having failed to enact a state budget for fiscal year 2011.

But the program is officially on borrowed time, after Congress failed to enact a new law by Sept. 30.

In fact, when Congress fails to enact a budget, fails to pass appropriations bills, and fails to reauthorize current laws, power and decision-making increasingly shifts to the Executive Branch.

"He has failed to enact or even propose a serious plan to solve the entitlement crisis," he said.

Although they ultimately failed to enact the law, they did succeed in driving a lasting wedge between the GOP and California's Latino community.