Sentence examples for offered legislation from inspiring English sources
E1 Helping Playwrights Negotiate Two senators offered legislation to extend collective bargaining rights to many American playwrights.
"Senators Graham, Burr and I have offered legislation that would provide veterans with a substantial increase in educational benefits.
Barack Obama called for a U.S. withdrawal starting in the spring of 2007, while Senator Reid offered legislation calling for a complete U.S. pullback by March 2008.
Do not expect a full respite from hot-button issues; lawmakers have already offered legislation to ban abortion after 20 weeks, and to allow teachers to carry concealed handguns in school classrooms.
Republicans, internally divided but desperate for some alternative to the Democratic approach, offered legislation that would have locked in the cuts but would have given President Obama near carte blanche to decide how to mete them out.
Mr. Leahy and Mr. Grassley have offered legislation that would institute significant changes at the F.B.I. and give its inspector general new power and resources to conduct internal investigations.
Republicans may also offer legislation to give federal agencies more flexibility to impose the cuts and choose which programs to hit and which to spare.
"We will offer legislation that will offer a temporary raise in the debt ceiling that will allow us some time to continue this conversation," she says.
Immediately after the announcement, Boeing's allies on Capitol Hill said they would offer legislation requiring that production on the jet be split between the two companies.
House Democrats are planning to offer legislation next week that would add between $700 million and $1 billion to a $27 billion emergency spending bill to maintain current Guard and Reserve troops levels through September.
She would not elaborate on how the group would move forward — whether, for instance, the Tea Party Caucus would offer legislation of its own or whether its members would work collectively for or against bills put forward by any political party.
