Sentence examples for praised a proposal from inspiring English sources

In 2010, the mayor himself praised a proposal for a penny-per-ounce tax on soda in New York State; the idea was dropped after heavy opposition from the beverage industry.

Tony Abbott will meet state premiers and territory chief ministers in Sydney on Wednesday to thrash out options for tax and federation reforms – but the prime minister has already praised a proposal to increase the goods and services tax from 10%to15%5%.

Judging from its Web site, American Majority does not appear to endorse candidates, although a few days ago Mr. Ryun praised a flat tax proposal Mr. Perry made as "just what the Tea Party and American grassroots are looking for".

I can fully understand how it's hard to make a big deal out of hundreds of citizens attending a public hearing and praising a government proposal to take prudent steps that will strengthen our nation in the long term.

Mrs. Clinton went out of her way to praise a proposal by Mr. Pataki that would require new guns to be fired before they are sold to make a record of their ballistic fingerprint, or the marks left on a bullet that are unique to each weapon.

The winning and widely praised proposal for a memorial to cut a dramatic slice through the Sørbråten peninsula as a "symbolic wound" has been held up by local protest and now looks unlikely to go ahead.

Both animal rights groups and researchers using animals have praised the proposal as a step in the right direction.

John Connor, chief executive of the Climate Institute, an independent research group, praised the proposal and said he hoped it would lead not only to a brighter environmental future, but also to a break in the increasing acrimony surrounding Australian politics.

Accompanying Mr. McGreevey today was a cast of supporters who praised the proposal.

He praised the proposal, but said he would reserve a full endorsement until he knew how the board would be chosen.

On the other hand, Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA), a senior member of the Committee, praised the proposal to "end the program that collects metadata on phone calls made in the United States".