Sentence examples for measures legislation from inspiring English sources
The section on "repressive autocracies" describes, disapprovingly, various repressive surveillance measures: legislation to insert back doors into software to enable spying on citizens, monitoring of social networks and the collection of intelligence on entire populations.
Currently, if we want to make changes to existing laws, we are forced all too often, to resort to ballot measures; legislation at the ballot box.
The bill is based on two bipartisan measures: legislation that passed the Senate 68 to 32 in June, and a separate bill approved in May by the House Homeland Security Committee.
Describing himself as "filled with gratitude," Mr. Bush touched briefly on a handful of policy matters that he regards as achievements: his No Child Left Behind education measure, legislation giving Medicare beneficiaries access to prescription drugs and his campaign to combat AIDS around the world.
Measured legislation, the Stop Online Piracy Act and the Protect IP Act, has been introduced in Congress to address rogue websites and has been modified to address the concerns of the technology industry.
Some of the measures require legislation and some require regulation, which can be struck down by the Senate.
Among other measures, the legislation would establish a panel to identify systemic risks posed by large Wall Street firms and set up measures to mitigate them.
He voted against hundreds of constructive bills, from food stamps to clean air and clean water measures to legislation authorizing the Martin Luther King holiday.
In fact, it's high time that the government implemented not one but a series of robust measures through legislation to tackle this worsening crisis.
It's high time that the government implemented not one but a series of robust measures through legislation to tackle this worsening crisis.
Mr. Case praised the law but urged the White House to push for other measures, including legislation to allow highly skilled immigrants to stay in the United States.
