Sentence examples for seeks to exempt from inspiring English sources

But Mr. Romney managed to sidestep the issues at hand, refusing to address legislation that limits collective bargaining rights and a proposed constitutional amendment that seeks to exempt Ohioans from the mandates in President Obama's national health care law.

Instead, it centers on legislation that seeks to exempt Americans from the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court, the first permanent tribunal now being created at The Hague to prosecute war crimes, genocide and crimes against humanity.

By introducing a new category of publicly-held companies known as an "emerging growth companies", the bill seeks to exempt businesses with under $1 billion in revenue from certain regulations associated with going public.

The bill seeks to exempt areas covered by L.A.'s program.

One sought to exempt theaters and cinemas from a controversial property tax.

When David Maclean sought to exempt parliament from the Freedom of Information Act, it was outrageous.

Traditionally, professionals have sought to exempt themselves from the suspicion that conventionally attends private monopoly.

The Board of Health had sought to exempt existing abortion clinics from the regulations, which were never intended for ambulatory clinics.

Partly for that reason, some federal banking regulators — primarily the Office of Thrift Supervision — are seeking to exempt federally chartered banks from the Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac agreement.

The Coalition was seeking to exempt only people who do not control unions' financial affairs from new accountability measures, not all volunteers, he said.

And when Congress passed a jobs bill in 2004 that forced states like Massachusetts to lower their corporate tax rates, the Romney administration sought to exempt itself from the change to save about $30 million.