Sentence examples for measure through the from inspiring English sources

Mr. Levin nonetheless pushed the measure through the next day on a party-line vote.

The Teamsters were successful in helping to push the measure through the House.

Democrats have been one vote short of pushing the measure through the Senate.

It was unable to get the measure through the Senate last year, when it was controlled by Democrats.

And it looks as if the president will have to make compromises to get any tax measure through the Senate.

That would keep the country bound to the measure through the first term of the next administration.

Lawmakers and gay-rights advocates say they are confident they can get the measure through the General Assembly.

They pushed a collective bargaining measure through the Senate by using a procedural maneuver while the Democrats were still away.

This basic truth held pretty much through World War II and even in large measure through the Cold War.

He said that he was "95% confident" that he had the three votes needed to pass the measure through the five-person council.

Opponents have complained that Ms. Quinn is rushing the measure through for the mayor.