Sentence examples for reopen an issue from inspiring English sources

The House Democratic leader, Nancy Pelosi of California, said the debate on Wednesday was a political stunt, a futile effort to reopen an issue that "has been settled in Congress, at the Supreme Court and at the ballot box".

The Pentagon and the White House declined to comment on the new account, reflecting at least in part the administration's reluctance to reopen an issue at a time when Republicans have accused the administration of exploiting the raid's success to burnish President Obama's national security credentials during his re-election campaign.

Washington finds itself in one of those rare windows where a trauma reopens an issue in which negotiation has become impossible, forcing one side or the other to give a little.

For instance, after a developer reopens an issue report, a second developer may argue that the problem found by the first is in fact a different issue, and then change the status back to RESOLVED.

The impasse reopens an issue that the US side thought it had made an agreement on weeks ago, says our correspondent.

"They're trying to reopen a settled issue," he said of the state's response.

Clinton has said it would be unwise to reopen a venomous debate over the issue in an attempt to enact the dramatic overhaul Sanders has proposed.

President Goodluck Jonathan has shown no appetite to reopen the issue, even though a parliamentary probe has uncovered a huge scam based on subsidies claimed on billions of non-existent litres of fuel.An even more grievous example is Egypt, which combines a prodigious subsidy programme for its 85m people (petrol costs less than the cheapest bottled water) with modest hydrocarbon reserves.

Senator John McCain of Arizona declared it would be a "terrific mistake" to "even reopen the issue," adding that the troops now in the field were "the very best".

Once Tessera responds to the action, which it intends to do, the examiners may reopen prosecution, issue another extension, or issue a notice that Tessera may appeal the examiners' decision.

BT challenged this decision and on Monday the court of appeal handed down a judgment forcing the CAT to reopen the issue.