Sentence examples for press legislative from inspiring English sources

As more revelations from Snowden's documents appeared in the press, legislative proposals aimed at addressing privacy concerns emerged over the fall.

Mr. McGreevey, who takes office on Jan . 15 said today that he would press legislative leaders to pass a new package of bills to finance the stadium, without the expensive pet projects that had been appended to the current proposal, and hoped to sign it into law by summer.

The Kentucky House of Representatives passed such an amendment, but the state Senate continued to press for legislative concessions, proposing annual legislative sessions and mandatory runoffs in gubernatorial primaries when one candidate did not receive a majority of the votes cast.

He and his cabinet plan to hold events around the state in coming days in an effort to press his legislative agenda.

But, in modern democracies, elites alone cannot press for legislative reforms without winning the support of politicians, voters, and interest groups.

In the Czech Republic, Zeman so far mainly holds ceremonial powers and cannot press for legislative changes to restrict press freedom by himself, but he hopes that last weekend's election could elevate his standing.

It is also greatly preferable to a situation in which activist investors press for legislative actions such as quotas or other mandatory board composition requirements, as we have seen in other countries.

"The W.H.O.'s main project for the coming year is to press for legislative measures, imposed from on high by bureaucratic bullying on nations, many of which depend on tobacco for their livelihood, to restrict the market in cigarettes".

Zakia has worked with a network of Afghan women's groups and human rights organisations to press for legislative reforms, such as a law on ending violence against women.

Mr. Bush, who is to begin meeting on Tuesday with senators at the White House to press his legislative goals, has indicated strong opposition to any bill for a department that does not give him the personnel power he says he needs to respond to terrorist threats.

Renewed interest in woman suffrage did not occur until the end of the century, while prohibition crusaders continued to press for legislative action.