Sentence examples for legislative obstacle from inspiring English sources

Based on this history, it's obvious that contested Democratic primaries would help President Obama tackle what clearly is his most challenging legislative obstacle in a Democratic Congress: No, not converting legislatively irrelevant Republicans, but instead, corralling recalcitrant Democrats.

Or voter ID, which made it through the legislative obstacle course only to unravel in court.

"We have asked the government to remove a legislative obstacle to achieving this outcome," he said.

WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama's push for legislation that would enable the U.S. to strike a major trade deal with 11 other countries has gotten tangled in a debate over Malaysia's record on slave labor, throwing up a last-minute legislative obstacle.

Legislative obstacles like the debt ceiling are a source of mischief, not precaution.

And local officials and residents, still scarred by the tragedy, demanded it lead to change, no matter how hard the legislative obstacles.

It reads like the script of a "B" movie: A tough-talking, Russian-born heavy promises to smooth out the legislative obstacles facing one of post-Communist Poland's most successful companies.

I don't know that even those most hopeful about the prospects for a second Obama term imagined it could pay such large dividends so quickly.One doesn't want to get ahead of oneself; there are big legislative obstacles looming, and if fiscal cliff negotiations turn nasty that could quickly spell an end to Republican reflection and openness to compromise.

Consequently, the issues related to the developing Malay reserve land are centered on the legislative obstacles such as restrictions in land dealing, collateral, and multi-level ownerships.

Few foreign graduate students are enrolled in Estonian universities, although there are no legislative obstacles: Doctoral studies are open to candidates from all nationalities, and the law doesn't state a preference for local candidates.

We, too, must reach out to our elected leaders to argue for the importance of robust funding for international family planning and reproductive health- and for fewer legislative obstacles.