Sentence examples for prevent debate from inspiring English sources

Mr. Reid has already expressed an interest in ending filibusters on "motions to proceed," a parliamentary tactic routinely used by Republicans to prevent debate on bills.

With Republicans threatening to prevent debate on gun measures in the Senate, Senator Harry Reid, a Democrat from Nevada and the majority leader, spoke in favor of pending legislation that would strengthen background checks.

Supporters accused Republicans of stalling to prevent debate on the bill, while Republicans argued that Democrats had waited until the end of the session before pushing the bill through to force a political showdown.

The minority often claims that it needs the filibuster to ensure that its voice is heard, even though the filibuster is now used to prevent debate from ever beginning.

Many voters are afraid that the economy could stall again.The opposition's boycott may also bring the opposition into disrepute for a more basic reason: it risks being seen as an attempt to prevent debate on a crucial piece of legislation, the budget.

Also, a change in the way this Congress does business — the elimination of home-state earmarks that once greased so many Congressional deals — and the escalating use of the Senate filibuster to prevent debate on even routine legislation have further hamstrung lawmakers in their efforts to get anything done.

"Knotchers" already know how strongly someone feels about a topic, which I think helps prevent debates from devolving into tedious arguments about semantics or each other's stupidity level, as they often do on the Internet.

After the deadline passed, supporters accused the Republican legislative leadership of deliberately stalling on other legislation, preventing debate.

The bank was also accused of indulging in groupthink, which prevented debate and quashed ideas from lower-ranking staff.

The group states that the use of words such as "radicalisation" and "extremism" prevents debate, adding that it is "unacceptable to label as 'extremist' numerous normative Islamic opinions on a variety of issues".

Mr López Obrador alleges that behind the government's assertions about a lack of money and technology to modernise Pemex lie the ambitions of powerful leaders to privatise the industry.PRD lawmakers in April staged a sit in of Congress and took over the speaker's platform, effectively blocking the legislature's functioning for two weeks and preventing debate on the reform law.