Sentence examples for pet proposal from inspiring English sources

But his pet proposal was federal financing of small loans to entrepreneurs in developing countries.

Not since the Giuliani Administration outlawed pet ferrets in 1999 has a pet proposal drawn so much interest.

The polls show voters are apathetic about tax cuts of any size, let alone one as complicated and controversial as Mr. Forbes's pet proposal.

In short, if one of the 74 spokesmen is interviewed by the media, others will get jealous; if another focuses on a pet proposal while failing to mention the 249 other declarations, anger rises.

A bill of rights wins seven-to-one support; a Scottish parliament with tax-raising powers is supported by nearly two-to-one nationwide; and the majority for Lords' reform is even stronger.Mr Blair's own pet proposal for elected mayors for local government also plays well with voters, who line up behind it by a nine-to-one majority.

Despite Mr. Lazio's charm, some politicians say that his stubbornness exasperated key Republicans, dooming pet proposals to legislative gridlock.

A more responsible Congress could make a simple fix in the tax law without allowing half the lobbyists in Washington to pile on their pet proposals.

To be sure, he admits that there's little political appetite for his pet proposals, whether a world central bank or an economic NATO.

They said that their approach would achieve restorations through a variety of measures, including shifting more jobs into civilian posts than the administration had proposed, not filling vacant positions in agencies, and holding off on new initiatives like 311, the centralized phone system for questions and complaints that is one of the mayor's pet proposals.

Sometimes in this process, policy entrepreneurs – people who invest their resources in pushing their pet proposals or problems – are responsible, not only for prompting important people to pay attention, but also for coupling solutions to problems and for setting both problems and solutions in a functional political context.

He, too, is offering a deal -- let the commission remain weak with its existing members in return for action on a pet Bartlet proposal.