Sentence examples for request to raise the from inspiring English sources
In September, the House voted to block Mr. Obama's request to raise the debt limit by $500 billion, the second increase.
A27 Penny Stamp Increase The Postal Rate Commission granted a United State Postal Services request to raise the price of one-ounce first-class mail to 34 cents.
Mr. Obama was referring to the circus the Republicans created last summer when they tied a request to raise the ceiling on the national debt to a variety of draconian spending cuts.
(So it was that Mr. Obama, as a Democratic senator in 2006, voted against a Bush administration request to raise the debt limit; it passed with mostly Republican votes).
The Postal Rate Commission, an independent agency that sets rates, today granted a United States Postal Services request to raise the price of one-ounce first-class mail to 34 cents from 33 cents.
Until it recently backed down, it had cited environmental concerns for refusing adamantly for five years to meet the International Ski Federation's request to raise the starting-point of the men's downhill race to a higher altitude, in order to create a longer and more testing course than the hopelessly short one originally planned.
He opposed Mr Obama's stimulus, his health-care reforms and his three recent requests to raise the limit Congress imposes on public debt.
He opposed Mr Obama's stimulus, his health-care reforms and his three recent requests to raise the limit Congress imposes on public debt.In fact, Mr Lugar's main sins in the eyes of tea-party activists do not involve fiscal matters at all.
In the case of Sen. Mike Lee's request to raise unlimited funds from corporations through his leadership PAC the FEC issued one draft opinion rejecting his request, indicating that commissioners have enough support to fully reject Lee's request.
The patent office's revenue could be more than $1.32 billion if Congress approves the agency's request to raise fees and add new ones.
A year ago, the Fed rejected its request to raise its dividend.
