Sentence examples for longstanding bill from inspiring English sources
A longstanding bill to modernize the program would lower the down payment needed for F.H.A. loans to 1.5percentt of a home's value, from 3percentt.
That the Wisconsin governor should in a time of trouble reach out for a longstanding Alec bill, and repackage it to sit as top priority of a Scott Walker presidency, further underlines his fondness for the lobbying network.
A longstanding government draft bill for a Lokpal wastes the paper it is written on.
That's an insider's way to kill a political bill; a longstanding tradition prevents either chamber from voting on the other chamber's political map first.
Senate aides said some senators were also swayed by the fact that the New York State Professional Firefighters Association this year dropped its longstanding opposition to the bill.
Representative Robert W. Goodlatte, Republican of Virginia and a longstanding sponsor of the bill, insisted that horse racing was already regulated by the Interstate Horseracing Act.
The Republican Senate majority, which is desperate to maintain its hold on that seat, suddenly dropped its longstanding opposition to the bill.
In October, the Senate reversed its longstanding opposition to a bill that increased penalties for blocking access to abortion clinics, passing the measure above the objections of the state's Conservative Party.
Senator Tom Daschle, the Democratic leader, also said today that he would bring another longstanding Democratic priority, "patients bill of rights" legislation, to the floor of the Senate very soon.
The bishops urged Congress to take up two bills introduced last year that they believe would ensure the new health care bill maintains longstanding prohibitions on federal funding of abortion and bolsters conscience rights for health care workers.
The aide contended that the billing followed longstanding procedures in which legitimate travel expenses for the police detectives were spread among the budgets of various mayoral offices.
