Sentence examples for pursuing compromises from inspiring English sources

And Republicans are hoping that if they win enough seats in 2010, Obama will turn into Bill Clinton redux, pursuing compromises on deficits and entitlement reform in lieu of more liberal legislation.

There are signs that China is interested in pursuing compromise and collaboration with the U.S. and its Asian neighbors, not confrontation.

History reveals the importance of extensive private talks for members of a bipartisan group to get to know one another and pursue compromises.

After all, had the founders of the Republic pursued compromise in 1776, there might never have been a Union to save.

"Divided leadership makes it much harder to pursue compromise positions on sensitive issues, either in domestic or foreign policy," said Kenneth Lieberthal, a former Clinton administration China specialist who is now at the University of Michigan.

Republican leaders have even less incentive than usual to pursue compromise, said Johannes, because Trump provides little clarity about what concessions he's willing to tolerate.

He and the rest of us are stuck with the grandma line, even as he supposedly is pursuing reasonable compromise in Washington.

Another Palestinian legislator, Hatem Abdel Khader, said mediators were pursuing a compromise under which Mr. Arafat would lead a new seven-member National Security Council, with Mr. Abbas at his side.

Mr. Reid and other Democrats said they would continue to press their preferred approach of setting a date to have most combat troops out of Iraq even while pursuing a compromise with Republicans.

Mr. Cuomo and lawmakers were also pursuing a compromise on redistricting that would allow legislative leaders to put in place their proposed district maps for the Senate and Assembly, but would create a bipartisan commission to redraw the state's political map in the future, beginning after the 2020 census.

Democrats need to hold a vote on it so that they can dispatch the GOP-supported bill and begin pursuing a compromise that they find more acceptable.