Sentence examples for measure failed in from inspiring English sources
Two months later, the measure failed in the Senate.
Colorado and Washington legalized all marijuana use, while a similar measure failed in Oregon.
Last year, a milder measure failed in the Senate, 57 to 42.
But the measure failed in the Senate last week after intense lobbying by the banking industry.
Mr. Pascrell's measure failed in a floor vote last week along party lines.
The office was recently created in New Jersey, though a similar measure failed in Arizona.
Should the measure fail in the Senate or should the Senate not act before the end of the year, gay rights groups said they would file a round of lawsuits beyond those already in the courts and pursue the issue aggressively through the judiciary.
As Nobel Prize winning economist Joseph Stiglitz puts it, "No single measure can capture what is going on in a modern society, but the GDP measure fails in critical ways.
That's because as Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz puts it, "No single measure can capture what is going on in a modern society, but the GDP measure fails in critical ways.
I'm not talking about common-sense laws designed to prevent terrorists and criminals from purchasing automatic weapons – those measures failed in a Senate vote on Monday.
If the austerity measures failed in Parliament, it would stall a new 12 billion euros in aid due for Greece from the European Union and the International Monetary Fund, plunge Europe into a deeper crisis — and make any deal to roll over Greek debt held by French banks moot.
