Sentence examples for sense proposals from inspiring English sources
"Today we are delivering common sense proposals that balance tougher penalties for dangerous drivers with practical steps to help youngsters and other more vulnerable groups stay safe on our roads".
Appearing on MSNBC's Morning Joe on Wednesday, Delaware's Gov. John Markell said that national public opinion polls have showed public support for a "number of these really common sense proposals".
Patrick McLoughlin, the transport secretary, said he was putting forward "common sense proposals that balance tougher penalties for dangerous drivers with practical steps to help youngsters and other more vulnerable groups stay safe on our roads".
They are popular, common sense proposals that don't force workers into choosing between time and money, and they recognize that working families' financially security depends on both.
Unfortunately, both of these common sense proposals are opposed by conservatives, and many of the same so-called fiscal hawks, who'd rather reduce spending by cutting benefits to seniors than curtailing excessive Medicare payments to the highly profitable pharmaceutical industry.
The NRA has thwarted any number of common sense proposals from background checks at gun shows and other private sales (comprising 40percentt of gun transactions) that could prevent weapons from reaching criminals or the mentally ill, as well as legislation to stop the high-capacity magazines that allow mass killers to kill and maim so many people in a matter of seconds.
Mr. Cantor said the president was being too hasty in his dismissal of the legislation and called the Republican plan a "common sense" proposal to "ensure that Washington begins to live within its means and put in place a constitutional balanced-budget amendment that will make balancing our budget the rule, not the exception".
"Secretary Duncan has put forth common-sense proposals for streamlining the Fafsa".
"For the health of the American people, we need Congress to act on these common-sense proposals," the secretary said.
"Many of us thought after Sandy Hook, Connecticut, that the moment was right to focus on some really common-sense proposals," he said.
"And such common-sense proposals as electronic ankle bracelets for immigrant babies and a barbed-wire fence with Canada are long overdue".
