Sentence examples for successful push from inspiring English sources

Mr. Weill's successful push to repeal the Glass-Steagall Act is under attack.

The national embarrassment of the sleeping-lawyer case prompted a successful push for reform in Texas.

For example, a successful push for an Israel-Palestine settlement would be worth two-thirds of the entire defense budget.

Not to mention the lobbyists' successful push on Myners' Labour government to deregulate financial services in the first place.

The last successful push for change came in 1974, after the disclosures of Richard M. Nixon's illicit fund-raising.

Without control of the House floor, it became the Republicans' main messaging tool as they mounted their successful push to capture control of the House.

This year, the mayor also backed Mr. Christie's plan to cap local property tax increases, an endorsement that the governor trumpeted during his successful push for the proposal.

But Pearson said many people believe drug spending has held steady because of a massive and successful push to get people to use cost-saving generic drugs.

But Mr. Duane bounced back during last year's successful push for same-sex marriage, and he was present when Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo signed the bill.

A member of the House banking committee in the 1980s, he led the successful push to let the market set interest rates on government-insured mortgages.

Optimists argue that the bill is just a dry run for a successful push under a different president and with a different constellation of power in Congress.