Sentence examples for offered to avert from inspiring English sources

The Obama Administration delivered a proposal to Congress earlier this week that offered to avert the fiscal cliff by raising $1.6 trillion in new taxes, in exchange for some $400 billion in cuts to entitlement programs to be negotiated next year.

The newspaper, in a dispatch headlined "washington offers to avert war in return for an international agreement to exile saddam," characterized Hillman's memorandums as "American" documents and said that the new proposals bore Perle's imprimatur.

He renewed his demand that the president make a new offer to avert the series of tax increases and spending cuts that are likely to hurt economic demand in 2013.

At a press conference two years ago this week, President Obama expressed his frustration with the "conventional wisdom" about the refusal of Congressional Republicans to accept his offer to avert eighty-five billion dollars' worth of automatic sequestration spending cuts.

Boehner has now included new revenue in his latest offer to avert the "fiscal cliff" of year-end tax hikes and automatic spending cuts.

Cantor spoke on Tuesday, a day after top Republicans rejected the latest White House offer to avert some $600 billion in tax hikes and spending cuts looming at year's end, known as the fiscal cliff.

WASHINGTON, Dec 18 (Reuters) - U.S. House of Representatives Majority Leader Eric Cantor said he expects a vote on a Republican offer to avert the "fiscal cliff" on Thursday, and he expects to have enough votes to pass the measure.

The Olympic Delivery Authority ODAA) has offered £8.3m in a bid to avert a planned bus strike in London, mayor Boris Johnson has said.

The WRU has offered its four regions a new participation agreement in a bid to avert the possibility of them breaking away and playing English clubs next season.

But in a bid to avert industrial action, Mr Hunt is expected to offer significant concessions.

Pattrice Jones, of the VINE animal sanctuary, which had offered to take the oxen to avert their slaughter, expressed cautious relief over the modified fate of the animals.