Sentence examples for legislation given from inspiring English sources

Several supporters said that although they backed the thrust of the plan, they would not vote for it as actual legislation given their opposition to various provisions.

In contrast, most Republicans see little advantage in backing gun legislation, given hostility toward it in their states or in districts throughout the South and the West and in rural areas.

He wrote in The New York Times this week that while only the middle-class tax rates should continue, passing legislation given Republicans' opposition suggested a deal that retained all the tax rates for two years.

The union and some Canadian politicians have said that the federal government should review its foreign investment legislation given the relative swiftness with which Caterpillar closed Electro-Motive Canada after acquiring it.

New federal guidelines, along with legislation given a strong chance to pass in Congress next year, will probably combine to make the paperless voting machines obsolete, the officials say.

This strikes me as an odd piece of legislation, given that bathers are not only still allowed to smoke and drink around the pool but actually in it, too.

"This legislation gives homeowners hope for their future".

That legislation gave tying the knot substantive ramifications.

Further legislation gave greater and more rapid efficacy to the executive in the intermediary administrative spheres.

The legislation gave Washington officials only a year to come up with answers.

When legislation gives excessive powers to the state, those powers will eventually be used.