Sentence examples for force consideration from inspiring English sources

That could force consideration of the Senate measure.

Proponents had hoped that the expiration of the Patriot Act provisions would force consideration of such a measure.

The battle over the Reproductive Health Act also flared during the closing days of the legislative session as Democrats tried to force consideration of the bill, in large part to see how several moderate Republicans might vote.

The plan has significant support in the State Senate, where two Democratic lawmakers, Brian X . Foleyof Long Island and William T. Stachowski of Buffalo, have held up the revenue bill to force consideration of the SUNY plan.

That group tried to sue to force consideration of Yucca by the commission, but a judge ruled that the case was not ripe for decision because the commission had not acted.

This case is designed to force consideration of when the timing is right to try to affect the public agenda, and what factors influence one's consideration about that timing.

"There's always been a significant portion of Canadian immigration, unlike the United States, that was admitted on the basis of skills and labor force considerations". The percentage of immigrants admitted to Canada based on needed skills has increased from 40% to about 66%, he says.

Today, House Republicans defeated an effort to bring up the bill and are forcing consideration of a more complicated and controversial bill.

If the Senate is to take up the bill, all members must give their consent, and several prominent Democrats, including Senator Robert C. Byrd of West Virginia, the senior Democrat on the Appropriations Committee, have said they will object, forcing consideration of the bill to wait until January.

But with House Republicans showing little to no appetite for Mr. McConnell's plan, top lawmakers in both parties were looking for ways to sweeten the deal, perhaps by adding required spending cuts or somehow forcing consideration of a deficit-reduction package.

The gun lobby's clout in state legislatures has forced consideration of dangerous proposals to allow people to legally carry concealed weapons into bars, churches, workplace parking lots, airports, parks, college campuses and elsewhere.