Sentence examples for legislative agreements from inspiring English sources

From time to time, Republicans call on President Obama not to take vacations or campaign fund-raising trips, and stay behind instead to hammer out legislative agreements.

Perhaps: "In a show of solidarity with Iran, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization invited …" From time to time, Republicans call on President Obama not to take vacations or campaign fund-raising trips, and stay behind instead to hammer out legislative agreements.

Though the agreement did nothing to change or save the filibuster in the future, negotiators insisted the deal — and the difficult process that created it — would have far-reaching ramifications in restoring comity and cooperation in the Senate and could create an atmosphere for reaching larger legislative agreements.

However, on the shorter time scales of legislative agreements, international accords, or in the context of the emerging markets for carbon offsets, fires can lead to rapid, large emissions of C and add considerable uncertainty to projections of decadal scale ecosystem carbon budgets [6, 19].

As a result of legislative agreements made in July, (i.e. discussed in Prediction #4) there's much optimism with the belief that the USA has tackled the debt problem and is now ready to grow and prosper.

However, on the shorter time scales of legislative agreements, international accords, or in the context of the emerging markets for carbon offsets, fires can lead to rapid, large emissions of C and add considerable uncertainty to projections of decadal scale ecosystem carbon budgets [ 6, 19].

A filibuster can be ended through legislative agreement, or by invoking cloture, which requires 60 votes.

But for Mr. O'Clair and other advocates, the legislative agreement was tantamount to a victory.

Even the smallest legislative agreement is now hailed as a major achievement in a Congress incapable of doing fundamental work.

Yet there is still no legislative agreement on measures to boost the economy and improve protections against terrorist attacks.

The legislative agreement also would require gun buyers to obtain a new state-issued certificate before purchasing any rifle, shotgun or ammunition.