Sentence examples for rules floor from inspiring English sources

Fourth, it is quite possible that if the Sanders campaign can organize its own pledged delegates behind this issue as the very opening floor contest over credentials, much as Ted Kennedy waged a rules floor fight in the 1980 convention, Sanders might attract enough of the Clinton identity politics crowd to win this issue on the high ground of morals and ethics.

Republican disdain extended to how the local Republican delegation was treated on the convention floor: Arcane rules were used to change votes against the delegation's will.

Specifically, police officials revamped the rules for floor-to-floor sweeps of high-rises to make clear that officers could not temporarily detain someone suspected of trespassing unless the officer reasonably believed the person should not be there.

The House, being large, has rules for floor debate which get the business done; the Senate, being much smaller, operates by rules that require unanimous consent for bringing up bills and for other procedures — and such a motion can be subject to a filibuster, which requires sixty votes to shut off.

The workers helped the day care centers bill the city for children who were not enrolled or for services never provided, and allowed them to remain open despite flouting rules on floor space, background checks of employees and teacher-child ratios, a criminal complaint said.

Because mechanical space is not counted by zoning rules as floor area, that would technically have reduced the overall square footage of the building, thereby reducing the zoning bonus needed and, in turn, the commensurate amount of public space the owner is obliged to provide.

But because of parliamentary rules, the floor discussion itself is not so clear.

The House voted on Thursday to approve the rule for floor debate of an appropriation (the Military Construction VAVA bill) to be adopted Friday.

Isbell had police escort her out of the building for violating a new rule limiting floor speeches to three minutes on any given topic.

By the 1980s, even the snooty stores aimed at the "carriage trade" had understood that money, not class, ruled sales floors.

He even expanded his sonic palette to include pop hit-makers Benny Blanco and Stargate, the latter producing a dance track so catchy it'll easily rule dance floors from Compton to Ibiza.