Sentence examples for rules initiated from inspiring English sources

Thanks to a change in the Senate rules, initiated by the Senate Democrats, in 2013, judicial confirmations require only a simple majority of fifty-one votes, not the filibuster threshold of sixty.

(When Patrick Leahy, the Vermont Democrat, chaired the committee, early in the Obama Presidency, he scrupulously honored the blue-slip standard). Thanks to a change in the Senate rules, initiated by the Senate Democrats, in 2013, judicial confirmations require only a simple majority of fifty-one votes, not the filibuster threshold of sixty.

Among the new rules initiated by the king: oncoming traffic will be permitted on the road opposite a royal convoy, the period for which traffic is halted will be reduced, and shopping malls do not have to close their doors to the public if a royal family member shows up.

No provision of this title 1 shall be construed as altering, limiting, or affecting the authority of a State securities commission (or any agency or office performing like functions) under State law to adopt rules, initiate enforcement proceedings, or take any other action with respect to a person regulated by such commission or authority.

No provision of this title 1 shall be construed as altering, limiting, or affecting the authority of a State insurance commission or State insurance regulator under State law to adopt rules, initiate enforcement proceedings, or take any other action with respect to a person regulated by such commission or regulator.

This left the FEC unable to vote on new rules, initiate investigations, or provide effective oversight and guidance for campaigns.

"Only" some 200 Uruguayans were kidnapped and killed by their own security forces during the military rule initiated by Bordaberry in 1973 and which lasted until 1985.

Officials and experts grumble that the decision to help the United States was taken by too small a circle of advisers, in what some here see as a further erosion of the more open rule initiated by King Hussein in the later days of his 46 years on the throne.

In January 2001, on his first full day in office, Mr. Bush reinstated the so-called global gag rule, initiated during the Reagan administration and overturned by President Bill Clinton, which prohibited taxpayer dollars from being given to international family planning groups that perform abortions and provide abortion counseling.

Asad tried to reconcile the local Soghdians to Muslim rule, initiated tax reforms to address the grievances of the native converts to Islam (mawali), and enjoyed good relations with many local nobles, who began to convert to Islam under his influence.

The trip coefficients A trip in (29) are chosen according to the following set of rules: Initiate A trip = 1.