Sentence examples for hostile legislation from inspiring English sources

Candidates "target" their opponents, lawmakers "stick to their guns," advocacy groups "take aim" at hostile legislation and reporters write about a White House "under fire".

Small-bore ideologues in places like Hazleton, Pa., and Suffolk County, N.Y., have bought into this approach, adding layer on layer of hostile legislation to drive people out.

Much of that goes to trying to elect friendly candidates and to defeat hostile legislation; to building what the group sees as gay pride and to attacking what it sees as anti-gay prejudice.

A blizzard of hostile legislation (over 1,000 bills) has been introduced in the past two years against women's reproductive rights in Congress and in many states controlled by Republican legislators and Governors.

Similarly the depression of the 1890s provoked a host of migrant-hostile legislation in Argentina, America and elsewhere, as native-born workers demanded that foreign rivals be kept out.The International Organisation for Migration (IOM), among others, now worries that once again xenophobia will rise as "job competition increases between nationals and migrants".

There is widespread unease that despite repeated commitments to right the wrongs of Windrush, the government has not reviewed its hostile environment legislation, beyond rebranding it as "compliant environment" policies.

Javid has supported every single piece of hostile environment legislation that's been put before him, from supporting the detention of pregnant women and vulnerable people in immigration removal centres, to backing the right-to-rent policy that has resulted in 51% of landlords reporting that they are less likely to let properties to those they perceive to be migrants.

With one week left to consider the bill on the Senate floor, Sen. Olympia J. Snowe (R-Maine), an intelligence committee member, said passage before the election would be "extremely ambitious". The intelligence committee is considered hostile to legislation worked out between Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Arlen Specter (R-Pa). and the White House.

Nonbelievers have expressed concerns about religious lawmakers who are hostile to legislation based on scientific research because it conflicts with their faith.

"Generally, members of Congress who are more religious tend to be a bit hostile towards legislation that is based on scientific research, either because it conflicts with their faith or because they question the value of knowledge that is gathered outside of their religion," Bulger said.

Few advocates are as hostile to the legislation as Mr. Carey, but others also see flaws.