backing a bill in a sentence

Examples

1. President Robert Mugabe also is backing a bill that would ban foreign journalists from working in the country and require local journalists to register with the government or face up to two years in jail.
2. Explaining his view of social programs, Gore repeatedly pledged his support for a " patient's bill of rights " now pending in Congress, and accused Bush of backing a bill supported by prescription drug companies.
3. The Justice Department declines to identify any additional states with which it might be in negotiations, although South Carolina's attorney general, Charlie Condon, is backing a bill in the state Legislature to follow Florida's lead.
4. Concerned about the safety of Massachusetts'teenaged workers, the Massachusetts Coalition on Occupational Safety and Health ( MassCosh ) has joined with other workplace safety advocates in backing a bill that would revise state child labor laws.
5. Sen . Charles Schumer is backing a bill introduced by Sen . Barbara Boxer that calls for outfitting all of the roughly 6, 800 planes in the U . S . commercial fleet with anti-missile defenses.
6. This year, growers are backing a bill in the Senate to make it easier to import more " guest workers " _ foreign nationals who are allowed to enter the United States temporarily for specific employers.
7. Because parks are so strapped for cash, powerful senators and the Clinton administration are backing a bill in the Senate inviting 10 big corporations to spend $ 10 million apiece to become sponsors of national parks.
8. Hekman, a former judge, was explaining why he is backing a bill to reform Michigan's " no-fault " divorce law, which allows a person to unilaterally end a marriage _ even if the spouse wants to reconcile.
9. Alexander ridiculed Gramm for supporting a welfare overhaul bill that he said reminded him of " what Lyndon Johnson would do if he were a Republican, " and for backing a bill to keep guns out of schools.
10. "This agreement adds another layer of regulation at a time when a bipartisan coalition is backing a bill which would reduce regulatory drag on the industry, " said James Young, the vice-president and general counsel of Bell Atlantic Corp.