Sentence examples for sweeping proposal from inspiring English sources

"I think it's expected when a leader of one party puts forward a sweeping proposal for change, that you can anticipate that the other political party, whoever that may be at any given time, will have reservations," he said.

On 17 April, a bipartisan group of eight U.S. senators unveiled a sweeping proposal to overhaul the nation's immigration policies.

A little earlier, Mr. Obama was trying to negotiate a deal with the House speaker, John A. Boehner, at the same time the Senate's so-called Gang of Six, which included three very conservative Republicans, proposed a more sweeping proposal that came closer to the vision outlined by the president in April.

[C3.] U.S. Proposes Changes in Subsidies The Clinton administration introduced a sweeping proposal at the World Trade Organization to change the way governments subsidize farmers, challenging the European Union's extensive agricultural subsidies.

The rethinking is being prodded by a potentially sweeping proposal that has divided the Congress Party.

The initial wariness of City Council members to such a sweeping proposal was as redoubtable as the building's thick walls.

Commissions are churning out sweeping proposals.

You don't hear much analysis of the root causes of violence or sweeping proposals to solve the problems.

The committee rejects sweeping proposals for reform, such as statutory caps on the size of libel damages.

As sweeping proposals for immigration-law changes founder in the United States, the expanding AIDS crisis among the migrants is largely overlooked on both sides of the border.

Clinton likewise changed course after the 1994 elections, emphasizing more incremental, piece-by-piece change rather than sweeping proposals and pursuing goals like welfare reform and balanced budgets when he could agree with Newt Gingrich's new majority.