Sentence examples for spare lawmakers from inspiring English sources

The prospect sent Ms. Pelosi and her leadership team searching for a way to spare lawmakers a potentially bruising fight over the chairman.

At that point, a delay until after the March 2012 primary may be inevitable, to spare lawmakers making a potentially troublesome vote just before their constituents go to the polls.

Lawmakers said it was unclear whether the Republican leadership had the votes to force through a package of ethics revisions, and some commended Mr. DeLay for his effort to spare lawmakers a difficult vote.

That should spare Virginia lawmakers the pain of having to raise gas taxes again to pay for roads and bridges.

With little time to spare, Capitol lawmakers gathered outside the Supreme Court Thursday to propose an antidote to the court's damaging decision to open elections to unlimited attack and advocacy ads financed from the shadows by special-interest money.

Many programs and agencies were spared what some lawmakers feared would be bigger hits.

Enter Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta and other senior Pentagon officials, who mounted an intense campaign over the past two days to spare the military, warning lawmakers that 800,000 civilian jobs were at risk.

Sullivan said the experience — seeing the sea of like-minded people — transformed her from a person who never dreamed of being politically active to someone who uses her spare time to call lawmakers.

The effort succeeded with support from only two lawmakers to spare, as a group of northeastern Republicans opposed the budget resolution because of concerns that the tax rewrite could hurt their constituents.

The Pasok leader will thus be spared an inquiry.Two lawmakers from the Democratic Left, the junior coalition partner, and another from Pasok defected ahead of the vote on January 18th.

That would dispel any lingering notion that lawmakers might be spared having to take sides on the issue.