Sentence examples similar to undermine bill from inspiring English sources

On balance, China has for all that proved cannier at handling the relationship than America: just look at the way the Chinese have used trade to undermine Bill Clinton's international agenda.Strains over trade, human rights, Taiwan and now Yugoslavia might suggest that America and China are headed for a collision.

Not a bad quality if your goal is to undermine Bill Gates' stranglehold on today's world software market.

Then, after WorldCom blew up, it agreed to a modest reform bill -- only to undermine the bill's credibility both by trying to renege on promises to provide the Securities and Exchange Commission with adequate funds, and by pressuring Harvey Pitt not to choose a real reformer to head a crucial new panel.

If opponents of the current health care bills want to use the courts to undermine the bill, America thankfully has a more-than-capable judiciary that can settle the dispute.

Not only have we seen hundreds of nominations undermined, and bill after bill sidetracked, but just last month, a secret hold was used to block a bill that would have helped us reduce fraud and waste in the federal government.

warned earlier Tuesday that the Senate might undermine a bill passed in the House and send back "an amnesty and open borders bill".

Lord Morrow said the PSNI "should not play politics, going to the press less than a week before the bill is debated calling for a public debate on a different policy solution in a clear attempt to undermine the bill".

They are also helping lawmakers develop talking points and prepare side-by-side comparisons to help defeat efforts intended to undermine the bill.

Tells about the all-out campaign undertaken by the National Rifle Association & others to undermine the bill and prevent its passage right up to the present.

But they should take care not to undermine the bill's bipartisan backing by doing anything one-sided or destructive of the constitutional rights of organizations involved in political activities.

Democrats are still battling the White House over how much money the federal government should send to schools with poor and disabled children, an issue that could ultimately undermine the bill.