Sentence examples for legislative setback from inspiring English sources

Despite this legislative setback, Pelayo plans to keep volunteering.

The way it looks to us, Mr. Bush suffered a legislative setback in not hitting the $1.6 trillion figure that he declared to be "just right".

A bill to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from automobiles has stalled in the California State Assembly, the latest legislative setback for environmental groups.

After a particularly resounding legislative setback, Senator Kennedy, a Massachusetts Democrat, bucks up his staff by citing the Red Sox — not the 2004 World Series victory, but "The Impossible Dream" season of 1967.

Little did Mr. Trump know that the Arizona senator would help drive the stake through legislation that sought to realize the Republicans' seven-year dream of finally dismantling Obamacare, handing the president an embarrassing legislative setback.

County agriculture officials were surprised and concerned with this prospect and said they were seeking to ensure that the legislative setback was only temporary.

Mr. Boehner said legislative setbacks are the price of allowing legislation to be hammered out on the floor in contrast to past Republican and Democratic efforts to assure the outcome before the vote was held.

Mr. Spitzer had a difficult first year in office, rocked by a mix of scandal and legislative setbacks.

But, unlike Mr. Bush, Mr. Clinton's first months were marked by far more stinging legislative setbacks and political turbulence.

The march came at a difficult time for the abortion rights movement, after months of legislative setbacks.

A8 African-American Musaym Organizers say a proposal for a comprehensive African-American museum on the Mall in Washington is closer to reality after 12 years of legislative setbacks.