Sentence examples for federalize from inspiring English sources
verb
To unite into a federation
It enabled the agency to bring the 21 developments onto its federally financed roster, or "federalize" them, though a "mixed finance modernization plan".
Given her support of a federal security force, "Should we not then federalize flight attendants?" he asked.
Senator John McCain, Republican of Arizona, said the agreement provided "one year to federalize and then two years to implement the federalization" of screening.
Such sampling bias among states that federalize to hold together makes it difficult to assess claims that federal responses perpetuate cleavages and fuel rather than quell secessionist movements.
Hussarek's efforts to federalize the empire in the moment of imminent military defeat unintentionally turned out to provide the basis for the formal liquidation of the Habsburg monarchy.
They are to federalize euro debt, and spread it across the euro zone; to introduce new euro-zone-wide institutions and fiscal rules to supervise the currency and the debt; and to adopt a medium-term strategy for growth, which would include structural reforms and increased competition.
The Insurrection Act of 1807 outlines the script that the Administration evidently wanted Governor Blanco to follow: a governor asks the President to federalize local law enforcement in order to suppress an insurrection; the President issues a proclamation ordering the "insurgents to disperse"; they don't; the cavalry rides to the rescue.
If the government determines that the responsible party is not up to the job, it can federalize the spill, running the cleanup operations without the private company but billing it for the cost.
They have a vested interest in lobbying Congress to federalize the costs of these accommodations.
In his new memoir, Dick Cheney faults Blanco for dithering and not requesting that the president federalize the response to Katrina.
He went on to say that his opponent, Mitt Romney, "wants to re-federalize the issue and institute a constitutional amendment that would prohibit gay marriage".
