Sentences with phrase «helped scuttle»

This was most evident during the Meech Lake Accord constitutional negotiations, which excluded Aboriginal peoples and resulted in Manitoba Member of the Legislative Assembly Elijah Harper's «no» vote, which helped scuttle the entire agreement.

The Maryland Attorney General's office led the charge to take away those rights, and the AG and prosecutors helped scuttle a bill last year that would have restored them.

The skeptics helped scuttle any possibility that the United States would ratify the Kyoto treaty that would have committed the nation to cuts in greenhouse gas emissions (conservatives object to the treaty for, among other things, not requiring reductions by developing nations such as China and India).

moment that helped scuttle his presidential run, Perry forgot the name of Energy Department

This demand, several legislators said, helped scuttle plans for a Friday return by the Assembly.

The soft drink industry launched an ad blitz against the idea, complete with the same kind of «Harry and Louise» - style ads that helped scuttle the Clinton - era version of health care reform.

On Friday, those constituents helped scuttle a plan for China and the European Union to issue a joint statement of support for the Paris climate accord at high - level trade talks in Brussels.

Not exact matches

But understanding the health of the underlying business and its prospects can help support — or scuttle — the case for a potential trade.

This, the Indians were convinced, was an earnest of our decision not to scuttle Asia; it was the indispensable prerequisite for programs of social and economic reform on which, with our help, others hoped to embark.

Detroit helplessly helped New York cause as they fell 13 - 3, 16 - 4 and 10 - 7 to Yanks, were left scuttling at head of cellar steps.

U.S. Senate Democrats have identified new potential allies in their effort to scuttle the current health - care proposal: Republican governors, particularly those who helped expand Medicaid in their states under the Affordable Care Act.

Mr. Bharara subpoenaed the files from the Moreland Commission — which Mr. Cuomo abruptly scuttled as part of a budget deal with the legislature — and used Mr. Silver's non-cooperation with the panel to help build his case against the former speaker, who was forced to resign his powerful perch in February.

P resident Trump on Twitter blasted Democratic Sen. Dick Durbin, who said the president used the term «s — thole countries,» referring to him as «Dicky» and blaming him for scuttling a deal to help young immigrants.

With the help of mystical island forces, they team up to scuttle the launch.

He's running out of fingers to count his «Employee of the Month» awards, which he well deserves for his endless scuttling about the aisles helping shoppers with purchases and vomiting children.

That helped anti-voucher lawmakers in Tennessee scuttle a voucher push there.

Much like these fragile original drawings almost lost in the breeze, this car luckily had e-Bay to find it an owner to help it from being scuttled.

I hadn't paddled out into overhead surf for a while but the confidence and ease of a fellow camp - dweller helped me quell the urge to turn round and scuttle back to base.

After this dream foreshadowing the possibility that not all is quite right in Sequin Land, Shantae is tasked by her uncle to help him build his latest invention called the Dynamo, a device to that will ward off pirates and keep Scuttle Town safe.

Although the closed desktop system was scuttled last year, NAR's goal of helping keep you, the REALTOR ®, central to the real estate transaction remains intact and has become the focus of REALTOR.COM.