Sentence examples for weaken state from inspiring English sources

Both industry groups have issued strong statements in favor of reform, but their critics have accused them of backing federal initiatives in an effort to weaken state regulations.

More recently, Alec initiatives have opposed climate change policies and efforts to weaken state renewable energy standards with the Heartland Institute.

Senator Frank R. Lautenberg of New Jersey and Representative Carolyn McCarthy of New York sent a letter to President Obama on Wednesday calling the legislation a "dangerous measure" and saying its passage would weaken state gun laws.

But state insurance officials have resisted such proposals, on the ground that they would weaken state authority to regulate insurance and to enforce consumer protections -- a concern shared by Congressional Democrats.

Lafer examines tactics lobbyists used to weaken state funding for auditing and enforcing payroll regulations and promoting charter schools and voucher programs, irrespective of the actual results from those reforms.

Over the last year, the organisation pursued bills to overturn environmental protections and weaken state regulations promoting the use of renewable energy sources in more than a dozen states.

Paul's supporters are annoyed with rule changes, passed Tuesday, that will weaken state-level party conventions, small gatherings where Paul supporters have had more success than in popular votes.

They merely seek to weaken states, so they can prosper in the lawless space created by collapse of law and order.

It also urges donors to channel aid through the state rather than bypassing it, which can contribute to the creation of a "dual public authority", a scenario that – over time – can weaken states "in favour of rival networks of patronage".

Unlike other insurgents, these elites have no desire to destroy the state: they enjoy public roads, fiat currency and other creations of government just like the rest of us; they simply want to weaken states' power to constrain them.

A much bigger sticking point was concern, voiced by many liberal Democrats and environmental groups, that the legislation would weaken states' ability to issue their own chemical regulations.