Sentence examples for partial veto from inspiring English sources

Britain demanded a partial veto on future financial regulation.

"It's the code of those who believe it's possible to produce food and preserve the environment," Agriculture minister Jorge Ribeiro Mendes told reporters in announcing the partial veto.

Conservation groups gave cautious praise to the Brazilian president, but withheld a final judgment until the scope of the partial veto is clarified next week.

Scientists and legal experts, however, say a partial veto could leave parts of the law unenforceable, while also potentially creating loopholes allowing some newly forested areas near rivers to be destroyed.

While many people relaxed in celebration of the 4th of July holiday, Illinois was buzzing from the recent release of former Governor George Ryan, Bill Daley's endorsement from NY Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Governor Quinn's partial veto of a concealed carry firearms bill.

The bill puts Ms. Rousseff, who has until Nov. 30 to approve it or issue a partial or complete veto, in an awkward spot.

However, Kemp was able to use the nomination to promote his opposition to Clinton's partial birth abortion ban veto.

The Tea Party-controlled New Hampshire House of Representatives overrode the governor's veto of a partial birth abortion ban that opponents deemed as "dangerous" in its potential to jeopardize the health of women in rural areas.

Democratic members of Congress now posing as champions of the faithful include Anna Eshoo of California, who identifies herself as Catholic but voted against overriding the veto of the partial-birth abortion bill, and Henry Waxman, also of California, a vocal proponent of fetal-tissue research.

(Although Democrats have a numerical majority in the Senate, Republicans have partial control of the chamber — and veto power over any bill moving to the floor — thanks to an alliance they formed with an independent faction of Democrats).

Twice in the past five years Congress has passed partial birth abortion bans, which were vetoed by President Clinton.