Sentence examples for halted progress from inspiring English sources

The second political reality is the election campaign, which has all but halted progress on major legislation this year.

But opposition by the Soviet General Staff undermined the CFE Treaty, and the dissolution of the U.S.S.R. in August 1991 halted progress on the START treaty.

The Obama administration wanted to follow the 2010 New Start agreement with another, more ambitious, arms control treaty, but the dramatic worsening in relations halted progress.

The suit claims that Mr. Behar's filing of a lawsuit had halted progress on the project, which was touted as the linchpin to the revitalization of the downtown area.

A senior US official said the agreement halted progress on Iran's nuclear programme, including construction of the Arak research reactor, which is of special concern for the West as it can yield potential bomb material.

Democrats say the debt-limit rise is necessary because Mr. Bush's tax cut last year largely wiped out the budget surplus and halted progress in paying down the part of the national debt held by the public.

"It halts progress.

"Violent groups are trying to halt progress.

Yet you can't halt progress.

"We do not want to halt progress," the governor said.

They want to halt progress and rewind it a few decades.