Sentence examples for support to clear from inspiring English sources

While the Senate must still vote on its passage, the amendment received enough support to clear a procedural hurdle despite efforts by Republican leaders to kill it on the floor by bringing up a competing alternative.

Most of Mr. McGreevey's budget proposals -- which will increase an assortment of state fees, double the cigarette tax and borrow against New Jersey's portion of the tobacco settlement -- easily passed the General Assembly, which is controlled by Democrats, and won enough Republican support to clear the State Senate, which is split 20-to-20 20-to-20 20-to-20

In planning to bring the competing spending bills to a vote in the Senate, party leaders expect to show that neither the Democratic plan nor the Republican plan has the support to clear the Senate, forcing both sides to give ground.

That means that they only require a simple-majority support to clear the Senate instead of 60 votes.

The national organization is a central hub that supports state level efforts on legislative challenges, providing resources, belt-way lobbying and other support to clear the way for market growth.

In the weeks leading up to the convention, allies and aides of Mr. Cuomo had moved to sap other candidates' support, hoping to clear the way for Ms. Rice.

By really attacking the line, the runners' momentum took them beyond the gainline and made it easy for the support runners to clear out the defenders in one movement.

Mr. Kerry persevered, ultimately picking up enough Republican support to comfortably clear the two-thirds voting margin required for ratification.

"We are concluding that the science does not support a decision to clear the device, and therefore we'll move forward to rescind" its approval, Dr. Jeffrey E. Shuren, director of the F.D.A.'s device center, said in an interview.

Building trust This meeting is one of many going on around the country – part of a mass communication effort supported by UNICEF, to clear up misconceptions about the polio vaccine during these anxious times.

This time, though, they offered support for his effort to clear up the past, and said they welcomed his renewed support in pressing Iran to suspend enrichment and let inspectors conduct wider inquiries.