Sentence examples for majority of legislation from inspiring English sources

In some ways, Mr. Amash's voting record reflects his time as a Michigan state representative, when he was known as "Mr. No," for his proclivity for voting against the majority of legislation before him.

The proposal will for the first time in Westminster's long history create two tiers of members, with Scotland's MPs effectively reduced to by-stander status in the early and middle stages of a large majority of legislation passing through the UK parliament.

Under the proposals, announced yesterday by Leader of the House Chris Grayling, MPs would effectively be divided into two tiers, with Scotland MPs effectively reduced to by-stander status in the early and middle stages of a large majority of legislation passing through the UK parliament.

Ms. Preckwinkle has supported the majority of legislation advanced by the mayor and his allies, including most of Mr. Daley's annual budget proposals; his controversial use of tax-increment financing, an economic development program in which tax revenues are funneled into accounts controlled almost exclusively by the mayor; and, ultimately, his quest to host the 2016 Summer Olympics.

Preckwinkle has supported the majority of legislation advanced by the mayor and his allies, including most of Daley's annual budget proposals; his controversial use of tax increment financing, an economic development program in which tax revenues are funneled into accounts controlled almost exclusively by the mayor; and, ultimately, his quest to host the 2016 Summer Olympics.

Ronald Snell, director of the state services division for the National Conference of State Legislatures, wrote in a July report that "More states have enacted significant retirement legislation in 2010 than in any other year in memory," but, as his October report demonstrates, the vast majority of that legislation concerns plans for new hires.

The vast majority of testing legislation also fails to allocate money for treatment, even though it is an extremely efficient use of taxpayer money because it puts people on track to employment, so they no longer need public assistance.

Since the first European elections in 1979 the parliament has earned the right to veto appointments to the European Commission (the EU's executive arm, reshuffled every five years), won approval rights for the vast majority of EU legislation, and expanded, as the EU enlarged to central and eastern Europe, to 751 members, making it one of the largest parliamentary chambers in Europe.

At the moment, Democratic and Republican members of Congress have agreed to pass a handful of measures in the president's jobs plan -- including a job training initiative for veterans and a tax credit program for companies that hire veterans -- while remaining deadlocked over the majority of the legislation, according to the Los Angeles Times.

Senator Morin was not correct in stating that the majority of recent legislation bans both RC and NRC.

Senator Morin, who is a member of Canadian Senate, was not right to claim that a majority of recent legislation bans both RC and NRC (non-reproductive cloning).