Sentence examples for pushing through laws from inspiring English sources

Indeed, Mr Blair might find that, when it comes to pushing through laws, a departure date will help.

Meanwhile, the N.R.A. and its allies have done a brilliant job at pushing through laws that make it nearly impossible to prevent gun violence.

States Mandate Self-Extinguishing Cigarettes Federal authorities haven't done it, so states are pushing through laws requiring cigarettes to be self-extinguishing, USA Today reports.

Mr. Brown, who has been widely praised for pushing through laws on education, taxes and the environment in California, said in an interview that in all 50 states, "there is more dynamism and more openness and more capacity to deal with change, to deal with problems".

Over his 10 years as prime minister, Blair became a champion for the legal equality of gay people, pushing through laws on civil partnerships, lifting a ban on gay people in the armed forces and lowering the age of consent for gay people to 16.

The papers declined to reproduce the magazine's cartoons of Muhammad, and the marching politicians were simultaneously pushing through laws against hate speech (French prime minister Manuel Valls) or extending police powers in a way likely to crush investigative journalism or promoting increased surveillance (David Cameron).

Mrs Mubarak pushed through laws banning female genital mutilation and allowing women to become judges.

The reformers have also been able to push through laws on private land ownership, deregulation and other pressing issues.

He hastily pushed through laws that imposed a severe version of Sharia on Sudan, including its Christian and animist south.

Even more significantly, it has a two-thirds majority in the parliament that allows it to change the constitution and push through laws.

And Mr. Deng has used his influence to push through laws that require companies to hire a certain percentage of disabled people.