Sentence examples for insistence on raising from inspiring English sources

Mr. Boehner referred to "this administration's insistence on raising taxes on job creators".

Mr. Cantor cited persistent Democratic insistence on raising tax revenues as the main reason for his decision to abandon the talks.

The aim was partly to restore the lost purchasing power and partly to answer the Republican insistence on raising the wage over three years instead of over two.

The discussions moved to the White House after Representative Eric Cantor of Virginia, the No. 2 House Republican, pulled out last week from talks being led by Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr., citing Democratic insistence on raising taxes.

"The administration's insistence on raising taxes on job creators and its reluctance to take the steps necessary to strengthen our entitlement programs are the reasons the president and I were not able to reach an agreement previously," Mr. Boehner said.

Hard-line conservatives in the House want GOP leaders to stand firm against Democrats' insistence on raising nondefense spending, arguing that Republicans ought not bow down to those demands when the GOP holds the White House and both chambers of Congress.

Seen in this context, Pataki's insistence on not raising state taxes may represent a genuine fiscal policy decision or it may simply amount to so much political rhetoric.

The most obvious, and seemingly unbridgeable, chasm is between President Obama's insistence that any agreement will have to include higher tax rates for the wealthiest Americans and Speaker Boehner's insistence that raising rates on anyone is a non-starter.

The Obama administration squandered several months resisting Mr. Schneiderman's insistence on a broader investigation, raising questions about its willingness to now get tough with the banks and bankers.

But the risk of this insistence on immediacy is to raise doubts about how comfortable a vehicle for Evans Top Gear will be.

His insistence raises a couple of intriguing questions.