"legislation" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- Despite the veto threat by Mr. Bush, the emergency spending measure grew steadily in the Senate, where lawmakers often seize on such must-pass legislation to advance pet priorities.
- House Republicans, however, said that negotiators in a conference last year promised that the provisions would be included in some "must-pass" legislation, like the supplemental military spending bill.
- But because the bill is considered must-pass legislation, it has become a magnet for all sorts of unrelated provisions.
- Mr. Stevens countered that unrelated measures were often added to must-pass legislation in the closing days of a Congressional session.
- Their plan calls for Mr. Clinton to put his prestige on the line to press for Nafta as the main must-pass legislation for the fall.
- They said the leaders might want to keep the military spending bill in reserve as must-pass legislation to which other bills could be attached in a final session-closing measure later this month.
- H.R. 1268 was widely regarded as a "must-pass" legislation.
- Congressional delays in approving debt limit measures have become routine over the last decade as lawmakers scramble to attach pet initiatives to what they know is must-pass legislation.
- But because the bill is viewed as must-pass legislation, it has become encrusted with dozens of unrelated provisions.
- Lawmakers pinned their pet programs and policy initiatives to the bill knowing it was must-pass legislation.
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