Sentence examples for measure up for from inspiring English sources

The Newtown parents had practically shamed senators into bringing the background check measure up for a vote, and after decades of gun control losses, many believed that they were on the verge of a big victory.

Unless they bend the rules — always a possibility in a legislative body where the rules often serve more as guidelines than as commandments — it takes 21 senators to bring a measure up for consideration.

It was particularly ironic that Chertoff spun this theory while he was fighting off a measure, up for a vote on Thursday, that would help protect U.S. ports against the threat that he himself deems most worrisome - a nuclear explosion within America's borders - without government spending.

The other statewide ballot measure up for a June 6 vote is Proposition 81, a $600-million 600-millional for libondy construction.

They should measure up for some shelves in the bathroom, too.

Attempts to bring the measure up for a vote as early as Tuesday appeared to have been delayed.

Good news for ballot-printing companies in California: there are 89 ballot measures up for a vote in the June 7 primary.

Bad news for pretty much everyone else in California: there are 89 ballot measures up for a vote in the June 7 primary.

With competing measures up for votes, neither was expected to pass.

The National Education Association, the country's largest teachers union, has taken a stance on the various measures up for vote today.

There are two essentially identical measures up for vote — one for the city of Pueblo, the other for outlying Pueblo County, where all of the recreational businesses are currently located.