Sentence examples for procedural means from inspiring English sources

He would be the 59th Democrat, putting the party just one shy of what it needs to stop Republicans from blocking bills through procedural means.

Environmental activists have said they would work with Democrats in Congress, but would also seek to block drilling through legal or procedural means and by mobilizing public opinion against it.

There were no legal or procedural means to prevent or mediate clashes between different types of legislation, however, one of the many instances that revealed that the constitution was drawn up in haste.

When someone is vowing to use "every procedural means available" in pursuit of a goal he obviously knows he can't achieve, what he's doing is setting up a maximalist ideological test which he can later accuse rivals of having failed.

No trouble with that one: if he were not remembered for his wit, he would be remembered for his rudeness - which has led to several expulsions from the House and made him the darling of the parliamentary sketch writers - or for the relentlessness with which he will pursue his quarry by all procedural means.

Reid said that blocking Hagel through procedural means would be unprecedented.

The post-procedural mean was 36.75 (5.46) with an intra-procedural p value of 0.775.

The post-procedural mean (SD) on the other hand was 36.75 (5.46) with the intra-procedural p value being 0.775.

"That procedural step means that the Department of Homeland Security has completed its work on the policy," Kopan reported.

The procedural move means Ogbogu will be placed on the Jets' injured reserve list when he clears waivers.

And in the Senate, the practice of using mini-filibusters to block even procedural motions means that 60 votes, not 50 or 51, are needed to take action.