Sentence examples for pushing state from inspiring English sources

They are also pushing state officials to reopen the case.

They are pushing state lawmakers to limit local groundwater regulating abilities.

Oregon's Democratic governor is pushing state and local employees to contribute as much as 6 percent of pay, up from zero at present.

The mandatory-sentencing craze that drove up the prison population tenfold, pushing state corrections costs to bankrupting levels, was rooted in New York's infamous Rockefeller drug laws.

He has been pushing state legislators to reach an agreement on how to fix Illinois's pension problems, which have crippled state bond ratings and cast a shadow over the governor's tenure.

But that news does not relieve him and Mr. Cuomo of pushing state lawmakers in Albany to provide more control over pension investing and to create public financing of campaigns.

Now, though, analysts say that Beijing is pushing state-run companies to take a more active role online.

They are tightening oversight of online video sites and also pushing state-run television networks to form their own Internet TV sites in an effort to retain control over what viewers can watch online.

Organized labor and family rights groups nationwide who have been pushing states to extend the benefit to all workers lustily cheered the governor's action.

The fact remains that it is disingenuous at best for the Republican Party to say out of one corner of their mouth that our immigration system is broken, then do everything they can in Congress to stop any wholesale fix, all the while pushing state-passed laws based on our federal immigration system as a solution to our broken system.

Pushing states to crack down on their citizens is a path of political danger.