Sentence examples for failed to repeal from inspiring English sources

WASHINGTON — The Senate on Monday failed to repeal an unpopular element of the health care overhaul even though Democrats and Republicans agreed it needed to be jettisoned to prevent businesses from being saddled with undue tax paperwork.

He has proposed measures — all of which have failed — to repeal the awarding of in-state college tuition for illegal immigrants; to require businesses to verify their workers' immigration status; and to give local law enforcement officers the right to check the status of people they suspect to be in the country illegally, similar to the Arizona law.

Labour have failed to repeal the union laws, allowing him to gobble up all the flat-rate overtime he wants, and when he's not stealing old ladies' ornaments or goading Scousers over Hillsborough, his focus is sex – particularly if it involves the degrading of women.

In November, the World Trade Organization approved $150 million in trade sanctions against the United States, after Washington failed to repeal a subsidy program for U.S. companies that the WTO ruled illegal.

Sebelius is in charge of putting in place Obama's health care overhaul law, which Republicans have failed to repeal.

Republicans failed to repeal the Affordable Care Act, despite controlling the White House and both chambers in Congress.

Mr. Bush and his Republican allies in Congress may fail to extend the stock dividend reductions, which would cost $10 billion a year, and fail to repeal permanently the estate taxes on inheritances, costing even more.

The far larger $4 billion worth of sanctions on American exports will begin in March and be phased in gradually if Congress fails to repeal the overseas tax shelter by the end of this year.

This closed-door process has yielded the [Better Care Reconciliation Act], which fails to repeal the Affordable Care Act or address healthcare's rising costs.

The City Council's vote contains a provision saying that Charlotte can reinstate its nondiscrimination ordinance if state lawmakers fail to repeal HB2 by Dec. 31.

After a heated debate on the floor, a surprise GOP caucus, and several prolonged recesses, lawmakers fail to repeal HB2, with some Republicans blaming it on the "disingenuous Charlotte City Council".