Sentence examples for stalled measures from inspiring English sources

But in this Congressional climate, it seems unlikely that all or even any of these stalled measures will be enacted before the July 4th recess — an ominous sign for the much harder work of preventing an entire fiscal unraveling at the end of the year.

That's because Republican leaders could postpone final action on a host of stalled measures, including spending bills that fund NIH, the National Science Foundation (NSF), and other science agencies, until the new Congress convenes.

That would provide a much needed bump for a constituency tired of stalled measures like climate change and partial, ambiguous wins like health insurance and financial services reform.

In one important change from last year's bill, the Senate agreed to tack on a renewal of another stalled measure, the Trafficking Victims Protection Act.

The stalled measure would also prevent a scheduled 21 percent drop in Medicare payments to doctors, raising the prospect that some physicians will not want to treat Medicare patients if their fees are cut substantially.

The House minority leader, Nancy Pelosi, Democrat of California, said that the insistence of President Bush and his Congressional allies on approval for oil drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge had helped stall measures that could have led to improvements to the power grid.

Progress has also stalled on measures to widen market access, such as the EU's services directive.

Claude Turmes, a Green MEP who helped negotiate the original efficiency package, said the fear of bad headlines had stalled the measures.

The Turnbull government's budget forecasts will blow out by $9.6bn over the next four years, or $44.7bn within a decade, if it fails to clinch parliamentary approval for stalled savings measures, new figures show.

Cutting seniors supplement – stalled This measure cut the seniors supplement for anyone holding a commonwealth seniors health card or the veterans' affairs gold card.

Freeze to childcare benefit income thresholds – stalled This measure was designed to freeze the childcare benefit income thresholds at 2014 levels for three years.