Sentence examples for forced legislation from inspiring English sources

Then there are the growing environmental concerns that have forced legislation throughout the U.S. to increase the use of catalytic converters on all combustion engines.

34 35 These authors suggest that smoking restrictions such as at home or in a vehicle are effective because those who implement them do so by choice and not through forced legislation 33 35 thereby increasing the odds of smoking cessation.

He could not force legislation onto the floor, but he would have immense moral suasion.

In the House, lawmakers could simplify the process by which a bipartisan majority can force legislation to the floor.

The government is likely to reimpose the petrol tax after forcing legislation through parliament at the end of April.

However, no legislative action was ever taken on the recommendation, and the commission had no power to force legislation.

For four years the Democrats bemoaned the Republicans' willingness to force legislation through without full oversight by congressional committees.

Far from forcing legislation through Congress, Mr Clinton has taken the easier route of lecturing the public from the presidential bully pulpit.

The government has the power to invoke a guillotine act to force legislation past a reluctant House of Lords, but he said it could prove counterproductive in the current instance.

And it is important not to be over-ambitious if you're trying to force legislation through parliament in the face of a government that you assume is hostile and a house struggling to agree on anything.

Her proposal is that environmental activists focus on developing a clear, simple, and effective policy proposal that can be used to rally grassroots activists to mobilize and force legislation through in D.C. (she specifically endorses "cap-and-dividend" in which carbon permits would be auctioned off and the revenue distributed evenly to all Americans).