Sentence examples for process to block from inspiring English sources

Some lawmakers on both sides agreed that the legislation's proposed process to block gun sales would not work in practice.

The decision was a blow to conservationists who had used the permit process to block the silty runoff from logging, which they said choked forest streams.

While the White House has blamed recalcitrant Senate Democrats for the larger appropriations stalemate, Democrats have charged that the administration is manipulating the process to block spending increases, even for vital national security projects.

Prof Rodney Brazier of Manchester University told MPs he could think of four examples between 1868 and 1999 when the government used the process to block a private member's bill.

In 2009, the entire Republican conference wrote to President Barack Obama, telling him they had to be consulted and would use the blue-slip process to block any nominees from their home states they didn't approve of.

As Sahil Kapur and Steve Benen have explained, Congressional Republicans are eying using the appropriations process to block Obama's new EPA rules, which could lead to a partial government shutdown.

As long as we learn from our mistakes, and improve our processes to block Tory plans that are not in the coalition agreement, there is no reason why we should not deliver what we agreed in the coalition programme and earn respect for so doing.

Three years ago, Mr. Giuliani used the charter revision process improperly to block a referendum on whether the city should be allowed to move Yankee Stadium out of the Bronx.

The screening process serves to block dangerous or irresponsible candidates, but also underscores for applicants and their families that bringing home a gun is a serious decision which affects the entire household, and indeed the entire community.

The M.T.A. was on the verge of selling the site to Millennium a year ago when Mayor Giuliani suddenly upended the process, vowing to block the project unless the development included a theater or performance space.

"It would be completely wrong if Cameron has been meddling with the civil service appointment process just to block someone who disagrees with his government's failure to commit to decarbonise the power sector by 2030," said Luciana Berger, Labour MP and shadow minister for climate change.