Sentence examples for taking administrative action from inspiring English sources

I don't prefer taking administrative action.

If the president really thinks of himself as a champion of immigrant rights, then he will not waste time in taking administrative action on this human rights issue.

We were encouraged to see the president shine the spotlight on inequality in this country by taking administrative action to address issues ranging from retirement savings to the minimum wage.

Marks wasn't sure exactly what to make of this at first: While I was a little taken aback by the campaign of a university professor to relegate a book to a kind of Orwellian non-history, we might have considered taking administrative action and removing the book from the list if McCloskey's view had been universally that of the transgender community.

(Jim Marks, p.e.c., July 22, 2006) While I was a little taken aback by the campaign of a university professor to relegate a book to a kind of Orwellian non-history, we might have considered taking administrative action and removing the book from the list if McCloskey's view had been universally that of the transgender community.

As for taking administrative actions to make the immigration system "more humane"?

Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton has already said she would "take administrative action" to require that any person attempting to sell a significant number of guns be deemed "in the business" of selling firearms.

"I am empowered to take administrative action to deal with individuals who break the law," Coats said Friday.

"The candidate sitting here with you today is committed to comprehensive immigration reform, is committed to the Dream Act, has taken administrative action to prevent young people from being deported," Obama said.

A CIA spokesperson, Ryan Trapani, said in a statement to Vice that the agency had taken action by implementing "mandatory annual ethics training for all OPA employees that is tailored to circumstances they may encounter", and had also taken "administrative actions designed to reinforce ethical duties and reporting requirements".

After mid-term elections in November handed control of the Senate to the Republicans, and solidified the right's majority in the House of Representatives, Mr Obama has been left with the (formidable) tools available to even lame-duck American presidents: his ability to convene debates and his power to sign executive orders and take administrative actions.