Sentence examples for issue the contest from inspiring English sources

But the tragedy could have an impact on another crucial legislative issue: the contest over taxes and spending.

With little separating the two staunch conservatives on issues, the contest has become a test of personalities and personal connections, celebrity vs. familiarity, and the question of when compromise — like Enzi's involvement in bipartisan healthcare talks early in the Obama administration — amounts to capitulation.

Mr. Rove said he did not see any particular issue defining the contest.

Control of the state's House of Representatives was the dominant issue in the contest because the legislature will begin redrawing state and federal election districts next year.

But he went out of his way to assert his leadership credentials towards the end, making an issue of the contest of character with David Cameron.

She raised money for the campaign but stayed out of the district during the race to prevent Republicans from making her a major issue in the contest caused by the resignation of Representative Christopher Lee, a Republican.

These fissures will grow if Iraq remains a significant political issue as the contest for the Republican Party's 2008 presidential nomination begins.

The sources of Gravel's campaign funds, some of which came from political action committees outside the state, also became an issue in the contest.

The Rajah of that country sent a champion named Nadi Vijaya Vicrama to try his strength with him, staking seven ships filled with treasures on the issue of the contest.

There are other issues in the contest, including education, health care, transportation and, of course, governmental corruption.

No one actually knows what they really think about the big hard issues, yet the contest is being irrevocably moulded all the same.