Sentence examples for measures on the agenda from inspiring English sources

House Republicans, determined to deflect the label of a "do nothing Congress," have several sensitive measures on the agenda as a recess approaches.

Other economic measures on the agenda include lifting restrictions on businesses' China-bound investment, allowing Chinese investment in Taiwan's property market, and allowing Taiwanese banks to do retail business in the mainland.

The ravaging effects of unemployment, the way it spread like a plague, and its chronic reappearance also put more radical measures on the agenda, proposals that questioned the viability and morality of what was then termed the "wages system".

New Labour cracked down on civil liberties – opposed by the Lib Dems and the Tories at the time – but now renewed authoritarian measures are on the agenda.

In a recent conversation, Ahmed Attiya, a journalist for the Egyptian daily al-Shorouk – who describes his own politics as centre-right – put it to me that "even the conservative liberals nowadays support income taxes and minimum wages", adding that "social justice measures are on the agenda of every Egyptian party I have heard of".

The effort to forge a final deal on Capitol Hill, blending separate House and Senate measures, was high on the agenda as Congress returned to work this week.

At this point, no one can predict what will be on the agenda when these measures come up again.

Then, however, lawmakers must figure out how to pay for two or three additional measures on Democrats' agenda.

Although they got the cap on charter schools raised, they struggle to find support for a number of other measures on their agenda.

Other financial issues on the agenda were measures to clamp down on tax evasion and the legal ruses multinational companies use to limit their tax liabilities.

The non-binding resolution comes ahead of a summit of European leaders on Thursday where counter-terrorism measures will top the agenda.