Sentence examples for narrow legislative from inspiring English sources

The Obama administration, to its credit, has called for a narrow legislative solution.

As the electorate becomes ever more polarised, the decisions of narrow legislative and judicial majorities come to seem increasingly outrageous by those affiliated with the opposing party.

They were also about to be kneecapped by Republican filibusters and the inability of a narrow legislative majority to dictate the pace or direction of events — a fact so easily overlooked every Election Night, and so readily apparent afterward.

With only a narrow legislative window remaining – Congress takes a break on May 28, and when it returns, candidates start ginning up their election campaigns – serious action on immigration is unlikely.

They were also about to be kneecapped by Republican filibusters and the inability of a narrow legislative majority to dictate the pace or direction of events—a fact so easily overlooked every Election Night, and so readily apparent afterward.

Specifically, the administration supports "narrow legislative fixes" to allow consumers to move between carriers without legal penalties.

BN's narrowing legislative majority, and tensions between reformers and conservatives within UMNO, the leading coalition partner, will undermine policy.

But so far, at least, the companies and industries most closely linked to Fix the Debt have been aggressive in defending their narrower legislative interests.

WASHINGTON — President Obama is reconstituting the team that helped him win the White House to counter Republican challenges in the midterm elections and recalibrate after political setbacks that have narrowed his legislative ambitions.

Fred A. Bernstein writes that members of Congress should stop providing services to such constituents and stick to his narrow conception of legislative work.

Others in Washington are not so sure, fearing that the strain of a re-election fight and a potential conservative primary challenge could close the narrow opening for legislative achievement in this Congress.