How to Use joint resolution in a Sentence

joint resolution

noun
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  • Yeah, the, the Ohio house and Senate each passed a joint resolution along party lines.
    — Laura Johnston, cleveland, 26 May 2022
  • Against house joint resolution six last month in the lame duck session.
    — Laura Johnston, cleveland, 6 Jan. 2023
  • The joint resolution would have to pass the Senate with a two-thirds majority.
    — Keith Ridler, Star Tribune, 29 Jan. 2021
  • That suggested his joint resolution, which fell eight votes short of the two-thirds required on Wednesday, was still not a sure bet to clear the chamber.
    — Aarón Torres, Dallas News, 11 May 2023
  • Under the terms of a joint resolution passed by Congress in 1948, the United States must give a year’s notice in writing and pay its debts to the agency in order to leave.
    — Emily Rauhala, Washington Post, 7 July 2020
  • After such a joint resolution passes the House and the Senate, the president will have to wait at least 12 days before lifting the sanctions.
    — Daniel Hemel, Slate Magazine, 2 Aug. 2017
  • Under our rules here in Wyoming, if a joint resolution or a bill dies at any point in the legislative process, it is done for that legislative session.
    — Isabella Fertel, USA TODAY, 27 Jan. 2023
  • House lawmakers previously approved the bill as a joint resolution of both the House and the Senate.
    — Taylor Stevens, The Salt Lake Tribune, 2 Mar. 2021
  • Uh, the general assembly has to propose it as a joint resolution and it must be adopted by three fifths of the members of both chambers.
    — Laura Johnston, cleveland, 18 May 2022
  • The joint resolution passed through the House on Monday, also on a hastened unanimous vote, with its third reading waived.
    — Joe Sonka, The Courier-Journal, 14 Jan. 2022
  • And then there are others who say that, no, the time limit was written into the joint resolution in Congress itself and that's final; the time limit is over.
    — Lillian Cunningham, Washington Post, 12 Feb. 2018
  • After the bill failed, it was reintroduced as a joint resolution, in order to circumvent the two-thirds requirement for a treaty.
    — Kevin D. Williamson, National Review, 28 Sep. 2020
  • The periods can last up to 60 days and can be extended by the governor or by a joint resolution of the Legislature.
    — Ben Flanagan | [email protected], al, 4 Aug. 2021
  • Unlike the resolution in the House, Kaine is proposing a joint resolution.
    — Grace Segers, CBS News, 10 Jan. 2020
  • Sterett’s action produced broad approval in the United States and a joint resolution from Congress applauding the crew.
    — John Yoo, National Review, 15 Jan. 2020
  • Ball and Sellers reached a joint resolution on her request for legal protection from Ball on Nov. 9.
    — Safid Deen, OrlandoSentinel.com, 22 May 2018
  • The President would decide on the remedy, but Congress would have the right to disapprove of his decision with a joint resolution in the House and Senate.
    — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 26 Aug. 2018
  • In November 2017, Ball and the victim reached a joint resolution in the domestic violence case.
    — Calvin Watkins, Dallas News, 1 May 2021
  • Ohio lawmakers also can seek an amendment, which is often done through a joint resolution of both houses.
    — John Caniglia, cleveland, 3 Oct. 2021
  • To that end, the House committee on education planned a markup on Wednesday of a joint resolution that would nullify the mass forgiveness plan.
    — Chris Quintana, USA TODAY, 10 May 2023
  • The House and Senate have passed a joint resolution calling on President Trump to denounce acts of racist extremism more forcefully and do more to combat such acts.
    — Natasha Bach, Fortune, 13 Sep. 2017
  • The House passed the joint resolution by unanimous consent Tuesday night, a day after the Senate easily approved it.
    — Daniella Diaz, CNN, 13 Sep. 2017
  • In the House, a bipartisan group of representatives filed a joint resolution to abolish the ability-to-pay rule.
    — Anjali Tsui, ProPublica, 5 June 2019
  • After formal notice, Congress has 30 days to vote on a joint resolution of disapproval.
    — Karen Deyoung, Washington Post, 13 Jan. 2023
  • Based on the joint resolution’s language, that would appear to have the effect of creating another special session to address a new topic.
    — From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 21 Apr. 2021
  • Sure enough, in 1892, a joint resolution of the City Council asks the city solicitor to seek legislation from the state to create a pension fund for disabled police officers.
    — Globe Columnist, BostonGlobe.com, 27 Jan. 2023
  • But after 120 days, only the Legislature could extend a state of emergency by a joint resolution.
    — Ben Flanagan | [email protected], al, 4 Aug. 2021
  • Every four years, members would have the opportunity to introduce a joint resolution to end or modify the authorization, and to force a vote on it.
    — Elizabeth Goitein, Fortune, 4 June 2018
  • Now, lawmakers are considering a joint resolution that would repeal a deadline to ratify the ERA so that it can be enshrined in the Constitution.
    — Nicole Fallert, USA TODAY, 6 Mar. 2023
  • Two years later, the Idaho Legislature passed a joint resolution asking Congress to create a Sawtooth national park.
    — Ian Max Stevenson, Idaho Statesman, 11 Aug. 2022

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