Sentence examples similar to offshore legislation from inspiring English sources

U.S. senators and G-20 leaders must beware of unexpected and unintended consequences of sweeping anti-offshore legislation that risks inhibiting the flow of capital into the U.S. and Europe at a time when it is needed most to support businesses and jobs.

Senate Delays Action on Offshore Drilling Legislation Senator Harry Reid, Democrat of Nevada and the majority leader, said Tuesday that he was delaying action on energy legislation that would institute changes in offshore drilling until after Congress returns from its summer recess in mid-September.

As a U.S. Senator from Illinois, Obama was one of three senators who in Feb. 2007, along with Sen. Carl Levin (D-Mich.) and then Sen. Norm Coleman (R-Minn.), sponsored their own version of offshore banking legislation.

It would depend on other countries to fight its corner, as Norway now relies on Britain to resist proposed EU legislation on offshore oil-drilling.

Helpfully, the government then outlawed all offshore stations, but the legislation had little effect on what, by now, was far more than just a few amateur mariners playing Canned Heat EPs to an audience of bearded philosophy students.

Recent documentation of Browner's and Obama's handling of energy and climate paints an even uglier picture: that the White House continuously ham handedly gave away its bargaining chips for climate legislation, including offshore drilling, nuclear energy, and this administration's ability to regulate carbon pollution.

Congress repeatedly considered – and then failed – to pass legislation to legalize offshore fish farming.

Most recently, nine island nations found themselves slapped on the FATF's blacklist of 19 nations thought to indulge money-launderers; eight are now there.Because of all the attention, many offshore centres have tightened their legislation and supervison.

"The inescapable conclusion is that multinationals are using structures and exploiting current tax legislation to move offshore profits that are clearly generated from economic activity in the U.K.," Ms. Hodge said.

"The inescapable conclusion is that multinationals are using structures and exploiting current tax legislation to move offshore profits that are clearly generated from economic activity in the UK," she said.

The bill now goes to the Senate, which is grappling with broader energy legislation focused on offshore oil drilling, and it is not certain whether the speculation issue will be wrapped into that effort, or even if an energy package will be passed before Congress leaves town, perhaps as early as the end of next week.