Sentence examples for quota bill from inspiring English sources

Beatriz Argimón, a former PN deputy for Montevideo, believes she was punished by her party for strongly supporting the gender quota bill.

In 2009, the country passed a gender quota bill in an attempt to ensure a minimum of 33% of women in the two chambers that make up the country's general assembly.

Although this legislation has been endorsed by every major civil-rights organization (the bill would make it easier for victims of job discrimination to gain redress), the President termed it a "so-called civil-rights bill," and said that it was in fact "a quota bill".

Minister Phil Hogan's gender quota bill ensures that 30% of candidates in the next election will be female, and the Council of Europe has told the Irish government that it must legislate for abortion in situations where a woman's life is at risk.

Forbes Woman France recently followed Norway and introduced a quota bill.

Within just two years of its birth, the congress has managed to bring about two major changes in law: 35% electoral quotas and a bill on childcare for under-threes, both passed by parliament in recent months.

In Congress, the House Republicans are set to vote on a bill imposing quotas on all foreign steel producers.All of which alarms the administration's free-traders, especially Bob Rubin at the Treasury.

The bill also establishes quotas for minority groups on the Lokpal board.

Three years later, President Calvin Coolidge signed an even more restrictive bill governing ethnic quotas, saying, "America must be kept American".

"If the bill on visa quotas for Korean professionals is passed in this Congress, both our economies will benefit, for it would help create many more jobs," Ms. Park said in an address to Congress on Wednesday.

A 2007 energy bill substantially raised the quotas, which will require 10.5 billion gallons of ethanol next year and 12 billion gallons in 2010.