Sentence examples for limited clout from inspiring English sources
Even though the state's 13-member Congressional delegation is almost evenly split between the two parties, most of the Republicans are of the moderate stripe and have limited clout with the White House.
It would mean slashing alms to the neediest, which would be politically impossible, or bumper benefits to the wealthier claimants, which would be unaffordable.More significant than sinningThis makes Mr Field a figure of limited clout in Westminster.
Q: Is it fair to say that the failure to meet the July 2009 deadline to issue the scientific integrity guidelines for agencies is a measure of your limited clout?
It seems he will have limited clout.
But he also seemed conscious that Mr. Turner would have limited clout because of his status as a freshman lawmaker.
Mr. Gates, in his comments in San Francisco, noted that the United States had been working with China to restrain North Korea's adventurism, but he seemed persuaded by China's declarations that when it comes to succession, Beijing has limited clout.
Russia has carved out a presence in other small countries with limited economic clout in the region, like Bolivia, where Russia is offering military and antidrug assistance.
Add to this the immigrant drivers' limited economic clout, he said, and what you often get are contracts that allow a leasing company to repossess a car if the driver is even a single day late with a payment.
Even though it has limited legal clout, the office can take civil action if a contractor has violated the consumer code, and it can issue an appearance ticket, requesting that the contractor come into the office.
He was referring to a decision in the late 1980s to instruct the Energy Department not to choose the best of three sites then under evaluation but simply to see if Yucca was suitable, largely based on Nevada's limited political clout at the time.
However, he quickly changed his mind, convincing Hitler to authorize the immediate escape of the German Seventh Army and Panzer Group Eberbach something that von Kluge, with his limited political clout, had not been able to do.
