Sentence examples for initiative strikes from inspiring English sources

The bipartisan backing for this initiative strikes a hopeful chord.

The government will struggle to maintain the largesse to which the public has grown accustomed.A recent report from the European Stability Initiative strikes a cautiously optimistic note.

The measure states that drug offenders who demonstrate that they are "rehabilitated" may be able to get licenses, and Jason Kinney, a spokesman for AUMA, said the initiative strikes a balance between public safety concerns and social justice.

This initiative strikes such a deep chord that were an election held today some polls indicate the Coalition would win a majority of seats even though it is not yet, and may never be, a formal party.Quebec's status has blighted Canadian politics for almost half a century.

No ruling was issued on Tuesday, but there were some signs that the administration, which has seen several marquee initiatives struck down by the courts, could have a hard time trying to salvage this one.

These delegations and countless others -- with the exception of two New Deal-era initiatives struck down in 1935 -- have been upheld by the Supreme Court under a test established in a 1928 opinion by Chief Justice William Howard Taft.

Anne may well also be right that many of the letter's signatories would rally behind a banner proclaiming "Late capitalism is bad for your mental health", which is one reason why we hope that our initiative will strike a strong chord with most of your readers.

In the 1990s, boycotts were launched against Arizona for the lack of a state holiday honoring Martin Luther King Jr. and against Colorado after voters approved an initiative (later struck down) that would have allowed landlords and employers to exclude gays.

Today the Supreme Court heard arguments for and against Proposition 8, the California ballot initiative that struck down the state's law to allow Ellen DeGeneres and Portia De Rossi the right to marry each other, just as Britney Spears got hitched to some guy in a drunken haze one night so many years ago.

Republicans are close to being an endangered species in California -- Democrats control the Legislature, most Congressional seats and all but one statewide elective job -- and a main reason is that in recent years Republicans have backed a number of ballot initiatives that struck many voters as discriminatory.

Zuckerberg was an early employee of Facebook where she pioneered live streaming initiatives and struck groundbreaking deals with ABC and CNN.