Sentence examples for position to repeal from inspiring English sources

Terry McAuliffe, who succeeded the now-disgraced McDonnell, is in a position to repeal the repeal, allowing Kaine's original order to go through.

So many Republicans think they cannot afford to wait until 2017, when they might (perhaps) control the White House and the Senate and be in a position to repeal the law through normal legislative means.Republicans are sure that they are on the right side of a long-term trend.

But with the Pentagon preparing to release its report on the effects of repealing DADT, top Senate Democrats may find themselves in a better position to repeal the ban, according to senior members of a progressive think tank.

His position on proposals to repeal the Corn Laws (import duties on foreign foodstuffs) and to grant political rights to Roman Catholics was equivocal.

His proposal is to commit the next government to holding a referendum, and put whoever is in charge in the position of having to repeal a law, if they want to avoid the referendum.

When the next congressional session opened in December 1816, Sharp reversed his position and voted to repeal the law, but the damage was already done; he lost his seat in the House in the next election.

Murphy, a former congressman who was nominated last month to the position, introduced the bill to repeal "don't ask, don't tell".

The first openly gay peer, Alli has used his position in the House of Lords to repeal Section 28, lower the age of consent, and campaign for gay marriage.

Now, as a potential 2016 contender, he is taking no position on the legislation to repeal the law he signed.

Then Cameron, having stepped outside his glass house, will be in a position to call on Putin to repeal the "propaganda law", and authorise a lesbian and gay pride event in Moscow in May 2014, and perhaps even in Sochi before that.

He also said that Miliband had always been clear about his position on the bedroom tax, which the party was now promising to repeal.