Sentence examples for pushing a debate from inspiring English sources

Instead of pushing a debate about how to restructure our predatory financial system, liberals in their focus on individual prosecution are aping the punitive zeal of the authoritarians.

Japan's new prime minister, Naoto Kan, has pushed a debate about raising the consumption tax to the top of the campaign for the upper house of parliament.

A particularly savvy media campaign by a nonprofit group called Invisible Children has pushed a debate about Uganda and rebel leader Joseph Kony into a very bright spotlight.

She doesn't care if her characters are likable; she believes that the friction of offensiveness can push a debate forward.

Ms. Nilsson's question pushes a debate that is a disservice to both men and women because it increases the spotlight on the gender gap without posing an actionable starting point.

As U.S. politicians like Arizona Attorney General Tom Horne float proposals to arm public school administrators, a small town politician in Mexico is pushing a similar debate.

The UK is pushing for a debate at the UN, she says.

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y). is pushing for a debate on the substance of her Green New Deal resolution after her staff distributed an erroneous fact sheet regarding the proposal, leading to confusion over a plan supported by many of the Democratic Party's leading candidates for president.

The crisis has pushed a simmering debate about immigration into the US back into the spotlight as the US border system creaks under the strain.

The debate over pushing a highway across a barren stretch of cheat grass, snakeweed and volcanic rock concerns more than a small minority of this city's commuters.

Democrats on Wednesday sought to ramp up pressure on Republicans to reopen the government, even suggesting they push off a debate about the border wall to a later date.