Sentence examples for push to override from inspiring English sources

Until he was elected, Mr. Lindsay was co-chairman of the Labor-Religion Coalition, where he developed close relationships with some of the religious leaders spearheading the push to override Mr. Gaffney's veto.

Republicans defended their push to override the public works bill, saying that the water projects had been stalled for years and that each would require another vote before the money was actually spent.

Standing outside the home here of a lesbian couple who has lived together and raised a family for 30 years, Democratic leaders said they would push to override the Republican governor's veto of a same-sex marriage bill the Legislature passed last year.

Democratic leaders, along with gay rights groups, are pushing to override Mr. Christie's veto before a January deadline.

Legislative leaders, working with state and national gay rights groups, are pushing to override Mr. Christie's veto, which they have until January to do.

A coalition of state and national gay rights groups was pushing to override his veto of same-sex marriage legislation, but they were far short of the votes they needed.

State Senator Thomas Duane of Lower Manhattan, who has sponsored a bill to legalize same-sex marriage, said yesterday that the Senate and Assembly leaders had indicated that they would not push legislation to override court rulings in favor of same-sex marriage.

But credit-reporting agencies are pushing Congress to override the state laws.

The Bush Administration was under a great deal of pressure, most notably from Senator Charles Schumer, who had been pushing it to override Bayer's patent.

And this week, Freedom to Marry, a group that advocates same-sex marriage, announced on Thursday a $3 million fund-raising campaign aimed at winning the five ballot initiatives and pushing the New Jersey Legislature to override the veto by Gov. Chris Christie of a same-sex bill, said Evan Wolfson, the founder of Freedom to Marry.

Sinquefield, a retired financier from St . Louis countered last week by donating nearly $2.5 million to various groups pushing for lawmakers to override Nixon's veto.