Sentence examples for pushing policy from inspiring English sources

Lobbyist, company chairman, billionaire investor: a close-harmony chorus of influence pushing policy behind closed doors.

He combines in-depth analysis of Barry Goldwater and Richard Nixon's presidential campaigns with sixty years of data analysis, and he reveals how politicians responded to an increasingly punitive public by pushing policy in a more punitive direction.

Leading Republicans said a tax was a tax, accusing Democrats of pushing policy that could harm the economy in a downturn, particularly those small-business operators whose earnings are taxed as regular income.

This is not the first time Mr. Berlusconi and his political partners have been accused of pushing policy that seemed custom made to fit the prime minister's own purposes.

With the passage of years, the many gathered hopes of that day have often been collapsed into a single image, a single speech, used for everything from pushing policy to pushing products.

But the White House political apparatus, which in ordinary times would be pushing policy and public relations initiatives, has been consumed with monitoring the scandal and trying to contain its fallout.

They seem to be pushing policies that are representative of what their constituents back home want.

Unfortunately, no one in Washington is pushing policies to promote stronger growth now.

Now, worried health officials and school administrators are pushing policies they hope will halt the increase.

The champions of that backlash are pushing policies that are likely only to exacerbate the global economic slowdown.

But Mr. Obama has angered some of his wealthy supporters — like bankers, hedge fund managers and some in Hollywood — by pushing policies they don't like.