Sentence examples for industry blocking from inspiring English sources

"There are repeated instances of MPs linked to the garment industry blocking stricter legislation," she said.

A growing number of organisations have taken a stand against the industry, blocking adverts and even access to lenders' websites.

The decision reflected staff and students' "deep concern about the morality of investing in an industry blocking action on climate change", he said.

Mr Waxman won, but Mr Dingell bested him in the battle of the retirees; Mr Waxman was the first of the two men to announce that he was leaving Congress.What Mr Dingell did with this considerable power was defend the car industry, blocking the regulation of exhaust fumes, fighting competition from Japanese imports and championing the bail-outs of GM and Chrysler in 2009.

The meat industry blocked that effort.

In 1976, the industry blocked a similar measure using the same arguments it uses now.

The banking industry blocked the move in Congress and declared all-out war on the direct loan program.

The Federal District Court in Maine, ruling in a challenge brought by the industry, blocked the statute from taking effect on the ground that it was not authorized by the federal Medicaid law.

But the UK government, positioning itself as China's biggest friend in the west in order to win investment in the UK nuclear industry, blocked the EU's attempts to invoke the WTO rules.

When some members of Congress tried to amend the law to allow homeowners to use bankruptcy, the financial industry blocked the bill.

The health-insurance industry blocks him.