Sentence examples for provocative legislation from inspiring English sources

In an op-ed essay published in The Times on Tuesday, he also argued that politicians ranging from Speaker John Boehner to President Obama raise money by threatening to push provocative legislation, then holding back to see which interests contribute the most cash for or against the measures.

He even gave his legislation provocative names, like the "The War Is Making You Poor Act," which sought to reduce taxes by requiring the Defense Department to finance the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan within its relatively small annual budget.

The selection of Ryan, who in the past has co-sponsored some of the House G.O.P.'s most provocative anti-abortion legislation, amounted to a final public recognition on Romney's part that his original idea of courting conservatives during the primaries and then shifting to the center wasn't a practical one.

The administration considers the legislation so provocative to Beijing that Mr. Berger referred to it recently as "the Taiwan Insecurity Act" and has recommended that it be vetoed.

The provocation proved provocative.

This month Museveni, a devout evangelical Christian, also signed into law dress code legislation that outlaws "provocative" clothing, bans scantily-clad performers from appearing on Ugandan television and closely monitors what individuals view on the internet.

In that case - as in the case of the "open carry" movement in the Starbucks stores - the legislation was prompted by provocative displays of firearms aimed at making a political point.

Suzanne Maloney, an Iran specialist at the Saban Center at the Brookings Institution, said the near total trade embargo that is the aim of some legislation is likely to be especially provocative in Iran for historical reasons.

Perhaps most provocative is a proposal to allow the president to send legislation to Congress twice a year that could not be amended but only approved or rejected.

In fact, until last week such a notion had been roundly criticized, more a provocative debating point in an academic seminar than a practicable piece of legislation.

Republicans of a more extreme persuasion are threatening to tack on to the China legislation a bill that would strengthen American military support for Taiwan, a measure so provocative to China that President Clinton would probably have to veto it.