Sentence examples for mandate the issue from inspiring English sources

In the case of the individual mandate, the issue is whether this court will sweep aside deeply established judicial precedent and cripple the government's ability to enforce the constitution's commerce clause.

The following year Florida passed the first modern "shall issue" statute mandating the issuance of a carry license if the applicant met certain basic standards.

He told then Senator Clinton "we don't need an individual mandate because the issue is affordability".

Mr. McCain made the legislation the centerpiece of his presidential run and insists he has a mandate on the issue.

As NSW treasurer, Baird supported privatising the electricity infrastructure and has flagged, since becoming premier, that he would be seeking a mandate on the issue at the next election.

The first was tax avoidance, which was convenient because it has no mandate on the issue and the outcome was some warm words that will be of little consequence.

Turnbull has demanded Labor pass enabling legislation for a plebiscite, telling the Australian newspaper it would be "untenable" for Labor to deny the government's mandate on the issue.

He believes that he has a mandate on the issue and that Mr. Bush's vow to restore dignity to the White House should include rooting out the influence of special-interest money in politics.

While I am a pro-life Catholic, I believe this mandate transcends the issue of personal religious beliefs about contraception, sterilization and abortion.

WASHINGTON -- Vice President Joe Biden, speaking to reporters the day after the election, said the Obama administration has a mandate on the issue of tax policy heading into the next critical weeks.

Judge Hudson sensibly denied that request in part because the crucial provisions of the mandate, the only issue he was addressing, don't take effect until 2013.