Sentence examples for majority poised from inspiring English sources

We have a progressive President, a strong House majority, and a shaky but real Senate majority poised to do business.

And in Islip, insurgent Republicans won seats on the town board this year, leaving Mr. McGowan to confront a majority bloc poised to oppose him.

With or without him, Mr. Kennedy and others in the new Democratic majority were poised to draw up immigration legislation that Mr. Kyl knew he would dislike.

The celebrations, banned during the time of Saddam Hussein, are a symbol of the religious and political resurgence of the Shiites, a long-suppressed majority now poised to take political power for the first time.

But as the state joins many others around the country pressing for new accountability measures and other educational reforms, the Democratic majority looks poised to deal another blow to the unions this year.

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court's conservative majority sounded poised Tuesday to deal a blow to President Obama's healthcare law and rule that business owners may invoke their religious beliefs to opt out of a new federal requirement that they pay for birth control for female employees.

The Israeli silent majority and the world's silent majority were both poised for a serious deal, and had Prime Minister Ariel Sharon spurned a Palestinian peace bid he would have been swept aside.

Last year, New York became the 12th state where they constitute a majority, with New Jersey poised to be the 13th.

With a newly installed majority, Republicans are poised to dismantle the historic law that helped 20 million uninsured Americans get affordable healthcare.

Recent polls suggest that a significant majority of Mainers are poised to vote "yes" on the upcoming referendum, and could make Maine the first state ever to adopt gay marriage through a popular vote.

Indications are that a conservative majority of justices is poised to overturn it.