Sentence examples for weakened rules from inspiring English sources

First it weakened rules governing industrial air pollution.

While the Bush administration weakened rules proposed under President Bill Clinton, the new regime still gives patients more rights than they had before, including access to their own records and some restrictions on how widely they can be shared.

The National Rifle Association leadership suffered a major defeat in the U.S. Senate today, losing a key vote on a bill that would have radically weakened rules governing the concealed carrying of firearms around the country.

When the White House trumps agency expertise with raw political decisions and weakens rules, bad consequences ensue.

The protesters said the business leaders intended to weaken rules protecting workers and the environment.

Even now there are efforts afoot to weaken rules protecting water quality, transportation safety and the public lands.

In addition, the bill weakens rules that require companies to offer ample benefits to low-paid workers.

But they cannot weaken rules set by the SEC, and for the most part have not sought to set more testing ones.

The purpose of this "review" is to give the administration more time to devise strategies for killing or weakening rules it does not like.

Environmental groups said the process was not so innocuous, complaining that it was an open invitation to industries to weaken rules safeguard the public health and environment.

Efforts to weaken rules on the construction of roads and bridges, she said, do not draw attention like debates over climate change.