Sentence examples for table the measure from inspiring English sources

The Southern senators suffered an overwhelming defeat, 31 to 66, in the main vote to table the measure.

Tragically, it was effectively defeated Tuesday when the Senate voted 55 to 44 to table the measure.

If some Democrats calculate that supporting the bill could endanger their seats, the Senate could decide to table the measure until after the 2010 elections.

An aide for House Majority Leader Todd Gilbert (R-Woodstock), who voted to table the measure in subcommittee, did not immediately return a call for ­comment.

"The Chanhassen City Council voted late yesterday to table the measure which would have permitted Paisley Park to open as a museum starting this Thursday, October 6," the email said.

But when a Republican senator offered an amendment to match the House's earmark disclosure rules, Mr. Reid miscounted the votes he had on his side when he tried and failed to table the measure.

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Typically, such motions are quickly killed, but the vote on tabling the measure would still represent the first congressional vote on ending Trump's presidency.

Don Ryan, a board member who is opposed to the project, said he believed that Mr. Hall tabled the measure because "the mayor wasn't confident he would get a majority of the vote".

For many people the medals table is the measure of the Games, but for me it's just a league table.

In the five states where full-blown legalization is on the table, the ballot measures are leading in the polls, and none seems more of a sure thing than California's Proposition 64, currently polling at 60percentt among likely voters.