Sentence examples for retained the provision from inspiring English sources

He had promised to filibuster it if it retained the provision immunizing telecom companies from lawsuits arising from the companies' compliance with Administration requests — orders, really — to coöperate in patently illegal activity.

508, 552, which retained the provision for the estimate and proclamation of metallic values and gave the Secretary of the Treasury power to order a reliquidation at a different value on a showing that the value of the invoice currency in United States currency was 10percentnt more or less than the proclaimed value.

The EU has retained the provisions in the draft treaty proposing regulatory alignment between Northern Ireland and Ireland as a "backstop" solution to the border issue, even though Theresa May described this wording as unacceptable.

He said he would also look to retain the provision that allowed young adults to be insured on their parents' policies, adding that he had been convinced of the virtues of the two points in his meeting with Barack Obama on Thursday.

"I say, let's go for it one more time!" In one of his few mentions of constitutional reform during the campaign, Mr. Abe sought to allay concerns about his intentions by suggesting that he wanted to retain the provision that renounces war as "a means of settling international disputes".

Melish, through political influence, was able to retain the provision that they should be struck "at the mints", allowing coinage at all three mints.

It also keeps the per-child tax credit at $1,000 and retains the provisions providing married couples relief from the so-called marriage penalty.

Should the senators be inclined to make any changes, they should be sure to retain the provisions curbing pay-for-delay tactics.

After passing a new version of the Homeland Security bill last week that retained the modified provision, House members left town, forcing the Senate either to agree to its language or risk delaying the bill for weeks in negotiations and incurring the wrath of President Bush, who has said he wants the department approved immediately.

Under the 1964 order there is no central point for the computation of the radius for payment of the differential; the Secretary has retained the differential provisions as they appeared in the previous four orders.

Mr. Thomas's amendments retain the one provision that foundations have lobbied for, an effective reduction in the tax that they pay on investment income.