Sentence examples for pass a right from inspiring English sources

In the early 2000s, Rahman was at the forefront of a civil society movement to persuade parliament to pass a right to information law.

--Trump has been prodding Congress to pass a "Right to Try" law making experimental medications available to terminally ill patients, CNBC reports.

INDIANAPOLIS — With the Indiana Senate poised to vote – and almost certainly pass – a "right to work" bill on Wednesday, the N.F.L. players' union could find itself in an awkward position.

Other rights that are automatic for UK nationals, but that residents from other EU countries must pass a "right to reside" test to qualify for are also very easily bypassed by claiming to be self employed.

There was even an unsuccessful attempt to pass a "right to work" law in my home state of New Hampshire, which was vetoed by the Governor John Lynch – and the Republicans failed to garner enough votes to override the veto.

There is a small movement to pass a "right to disconnect" bill, which would allow workers to turn their phones off, but for now a worker can be punished for going offline and not being available.

Indiana was the only industrial state to pass a right-to-work law, but it repealed it in 1965.

In February 2012 Indiana became the 23rd state to pass a "right-to-work" law, which makes compulsory-bargaining agreements illegal.

In February, West Virginia became the 26th state to pass a right-to-work law, which says that no employee can be required to pay any portion of union dues if they do not want to.

New Hampshire's Republican-controlled Legislature was the last to pass a right-to-work bill in 2011, but it narrowly failed to muster the two-thirds majority needed to override a veto by the Democratic governor; an Indiana law would re-energize that effort.

A previous attempt by Ms MacDonald to pass a right-to-die bill was voted down by MSPs in 2010.