Sentence examples for set a procedural from inspiring English sources

The Senate set a procedural vote for Monday evening in an effort to advance an alternative, but it was unclear whether it could draw sufficient support or whether Republican leaders would call members of the House back to consider it even if did pass the Senate.

moved on Tuesday to set a procedural vote to confirm Tillerson in the full Senate by the end of next week. .

The Supreme Court's precedents set a high procedural threshold for presenting claims in federal court that were never made during the course of state court appeals.

Mr. McConnell released a statement calling on the majority leader, Harry Reid, to set aside a procedural vote on the Senate measure scheduled for Tuesday.

He read a prepared script to set up a procedural vote, as if the House was in order and that Democrats weren't breaking rules.

So Democrats could conceivably cobble together a handful of Lynch's GOP supporters to vote with them to move the Senate into executive session, at which point Reid could set up a procedural vote that lines up a confirmation vote on Lynch the following day.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell filed cloture Wednesday, an action that sets up a procedural vote on Friday.

At one point during last Monday's all-night session, Baron Trefgarne, a Conservative, drew gasps from other Lords when, saying he was fed up with the "abuse of the procedures of this house," set in motion a procedural tool to bring an end to debate on the amendment in question — the first time such a tool has been used in 40 years, and only the sixth or seventh time since 1900.

The Senate was set to hold a procedural vote on Monday and was likely to give final approval on Tuesday.

The government now seems set on using a procedural measure designed for times of grave national danger to sidestep that.What the senate can do is block amendments to the constitution, changes in election laws and military deployments abroad.

early this year set in motion a procedural course that makes repealing Obamacare a prerequisite for an even bigger GOP priority: permanent tax cuts for rich people and corporations.