Sentences with phrase «hands on pieces of the legislation»

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On the one hand, this is just the House, which, in the iron grip of the Tea Party, is spitting out one destructive piece of legislation after another.

Many worry that authoritarian politicians are using the heightened state of alarm to smuggle in draconian new pieces of legislation, not least on media freedom - although on that matter the media handed politicians most of the weapons they would need to challenge them due to their catastrophic mishandling of events following the Charlie Hebdo attack.

You can hand someone a $ 2,000 contribution on the street and then walk into their office and say let's talk about a piece of legislation I'm interested in.

Silver often would say his hands were tied on a piece of legislation by the will of his conference.

On one hand, most major green groups have either come out against, or just failed to take a stand on, the most significant piece of environmental legislation on the ballot: Initiative 732's carbon taOn one hand, most major green groups have either come out against, or just failed to take a stand on, the most significant piece of environmental legislation on the ballot: Initiative 732's carbon taon, the most significant piece of environmental legislation on the ballot: Initiative 732's carbon taon the ballot: Initiative 732's carbon tax.

The fumble on a transportation bill illustrates how Boehner courts chaos with this hands - off approach, and it raises questions about the fate of the central piece of legislation for 2012.