Sentence examples for legislature delay from inspiring English sources

They urged him to veto the bill or, at the very least, request that the state legislature delay its Tuesday vote.

Last week, Gov. Jim Douglas said that recent events had cast "dark clouds of doubt" over the plant, and recommended that the Legislature delay a decision.

The governor, James H. Douglas, long a supporter of continued operation of the plant, recently acknowledged that the politics of the issue had changed and suggested the Legislature delay any decisions about Vermont Yankee.

The Public Service Commission urged the legislature to delay until at least 2010 full deregulation of retail electric competition.

Education advocates fear the legislature will delay action on education spending until after the November elections to avoid a vote on a tax increase during campaign season.

On Saturday she gathered friends and posters, making plans to protest on the courthouse steps, incensed that Mississippi's legislature had delayed addressing the question of the flag until it reconvenes in January.

Despite efforts by Mr. Romney, a Republican, and the legislature to further delay the ruling, officials are preparing to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples starting on May 17.

Most new laws adopted by the General Assembly and signed by the governor take effect July 1 or Oct. 1, but in some cases the legislature decides to delay implementation until the new year.

The legislature had already delayed by one year its previous mandate for full deregulation by Jan . 1 , 2002

But the decline in support for the $11 billion water bond enacted under Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, who wrestled the first big water program in decades through the legislature only to have it delayed and delayed again to the 2014 ballot, is pertinent.

Earlier this week, the Democrat-controlled state legislature rejected Republican efforts to delay the election certification (and thereby the inauguration).