Sentence examples for vague legislative from inspiring English sources

PAGE 50 William Safire: Helpin's from the 'Hood 18 Sunday Business IN BAILOUT, THE DEVIL IS In the Many Details The bailout plan that Congress approved is laden with all kinds of vague legislative guidelines, and there are a lot of details that the next Treasury secretary will have to grapple with.

Other civil libertarians and NSA whistleblowers – including mass-surveillance insiders Thomas Drake, Bill Binney, Ed Loomis and Kirk Wiebe – opposed the USA Freedom Act, fearing that its vague legislative wording about what constitutes a "connection" between call records could inadvertently expand NSA authorities.

It's always possible to placate an industry with a carefully-chosen loophole or vague legislative language that will allow the industry to continue to go on much as before.

Any confusion is the result of vague or unclear legislative language.

Vague suggestions about legislation are not likely to suffice, and the fact that the Committee is entitled to engage in oversight, or conduct investigations, does not give it a license to roam through executive files without a valid legislative purpose.

New York's Senators Charles Schumer and Daniel Patrick Moynihan have been desperately trying to provide balance by clarifying the bill's vague language and attaching its legislative history.

As for Olympia Snowe, the moderate Republican from Maine, who was known for stringing Democrats along for months with vague promises of joining their legislative efforts, she seemed to have a new demand every time Kerry, Graham, and Lieberman sat down with her.

However, the majority of legislative guidelines provide vague guidance, and none take into account the effects of work intensity, specific environments or protective clothing.

Their legislative language was vague and incomplete, and whatever their virtues they never had the backing of leadership.

He has also put forward -- albeit in vague terms -- an agenda of legislative reform, such as long-awaited changes to the tax code that are hailed by business leaders as a step toward more sensible regulation of Russia's unruly economy.

For example, while some count 159 new agencies, boards and commissions in ObamaCare, the Congressional Research Service claims it's impossible to know how many because the legislative language is so vague.