Sentence examples for governing while from inspiring English sources

As long as the GOP controls either the House or the Senate, it can systematically block legislation, obstruct the president's agenda, shut down the government (or hold it hostage) and continue its four-year pattern of governing while asleep at the switch.

"What you're balancing here is a very imperative need to move forward with the process of governing while avoiding any sense of presumption," one adviser said.

"Ultimately, the House has the important responsibility of governing, while in the Senate we have to get Harry to let us be part of the governing," Mr. Scott said, referring to Senator Harry Reid of Nevada, the majority leader.

Since the next two years are going to be economically nightmarish no matter who does what, they will do whatever they can to persuade the public that Obama alone is responsible for governing, while they, the Republicans, can meet their responsibility, as they see it, simply by striking poses and preventing him from being able to meet his.

By contrast, Labour has seemed preoccupied with the problems of governing, while its attempts to appear energetic and brimming with fresh ideas have so far fallen flat.And although it is painful to say so, there are signs that Mr Howard's cynical determination to put immigration at the centre of the campaign is also working better for him than it did for William Hague in 2001.

Republicans haven't proved any better at governing while in power.

The conservatives can work to protect their capital, while the right wing extremists work to infiltrate our government to keep from being governed while they poison and impoverish the masses.

Entrenched special interest groups, including re-energized state-owned enterprises, are defending their positions, there is a growing expectations gap between citizens and the government, and Mr. Xi will have to govern while keeping two predecessors — Mr. Hu and Jiang Zemin — happy.

It may be hard to govern while pleasing a movement that looks down on government.

"We need to pull together and show the American people we can govern while we investigate abuses wherever they occur in the government and focus on moving forward," he said.

One pretends to govern while the other pretends to protect.