Sentence examples for sponsored a motion from inspiring English sources

Many of Mr. Fox's most important fund raisers have obtained court injuctions preventing election officials from subpoenaing their records, so opposition legislators have sponsored a motion demanding that Mr. Fox give campaign records to investigators.

When Ron Schuppert, the president for six years, decided he had had enough of the job, Ms. Ward campaigned on a platform of change and efficiency and swept into office in October after Mr. Schuppert successfully sponsored a motion that would, for the first time in club history, open voting beyond full members, to allow associates to vote and be elected.

Boyle sponsored a motion of non-confidence against the government.

(After all, in 2004 he sponsored a motion in Parliament to officially welcome "the day when the inevitable asteroid slams into earth" and wipes out humanity forever. Maybe it's the means, not the ends, that he's concerned about).

(After all, in 2004, he sponsored a motion in Parliament to officially welcome "the day when the inevitable asteroid slams into earth" and wipes out humanity forever. Maybe it's the means, not the ends, that he's concerned about).

The lengthy prison sentence is certain to be debated at the annual United Nations Human Rights Commission meeting in Geneva, starting March 20, where the United States is sponsoring a motion to censure China's record.

The call for a public inquiry was backed by Graham Allen, Labour MP for Nottingham North, who sponsored a parliamentary motion last year calling on the government to apologise for "unacceptable adoption and care practices of the past".

Even at the time, little fuss was made over it, although Labour MP John McDonnell – now an embattled shadow chancellor, but then an anti-war backbench rebel – sponsored a parliamentary motion applauding the "courageous and principled action" by the drivers.

Sheerman, who in June sponsored an early day motion to create an anti-cyberbullying day, called for more comprehensive research into cyberbulling after it emerged this week that 14-year-old Hannah Smith from Leicestershire killed herself after being targeted on the website ask.fm.fm

In October 2011 Julie Morgan and Christine Chapman co-sponsored an assembly motion with Mr Whittle and Ms Williams calling for a ban.

They have pointed out that the Republican senators who criticized Ms. Rice for portraying the assault as a spontaneous protest, rather than a terrorist attack, co-sponsored a motion that said the site was "swarmed by an angry mob of protesters".