Sentence examples for opposing lawmakers from inspiring English sources

Beyond the sniping of opposing lawmakers, this legislative crisis has reached deeper into the layers of Washington, perhaps even more than the protracted debate over health care did.

Mr. Gingrich also described Mr. Bono as "a hard-working man who covered up his abilities" with self-effacing humor as a way to make opposing lawmakers feel comfortable.

For me, that phrase echoes today, as across the US, state legislatures take votes — sometimes hastily, sometimes in spite of heroic efforts by opposing lawmakers, that fly in the face of majority opinion, and that fundamentally "compel [women] to submit to laws, in the formation of which she had no voice".

"We oppose lawmakers limiting options for survivors and defining what justice 'should' look like," the Clery Center said (emphasis theirs).

Both the Club for Growth and FreedomWorks are known for getting involved in Republican primary elections to oppose lawmakers that they deem insufficiently conservative.

The proposal was strongly opposed by lawmakers from coastal states and was handily defeated.

But that proposal is opposed by lawmakers in the Assembly from districts where voters have already approved borrowing with the expectation the state would reimburse them faster.

The new changes, which the Governor's office said would not necessitate layoffs, will go into effect in 60 days unless they are opposed by lawmakers.

A 2011 Congressional bill that would have banned physical abuse and the withholding of food at such schools died in committee after it was opposed by lawmakers reluctant to impose new federal standards on a matter often regulated by states.

But it has been opposed by lawmakers who say it gives Fifa too much power, as well as those who are against alcohol sales in stadiums on health and safety grounds.

Ms. Schapiro wrote a letter to lawmakers opposing the act, an effort that produced some wording changes.