How to Use federalize in a Sentence

federalize

verb

• The measure federalizes several state programs.
• The mayor said the proposal to federalize D.C. police and the Secret Service clashed over the protests.
  — Peter Hermann, Washington Post, 29 Dec. 2022
• Republicans find this rhetoric ridiculous, and see no need to federalize any part of our election system, even though Democrats want to.
  — Scott Jennings, CNN, 22 July 2021
• What Zinke is doing, by ordering a new review, is re-federalizing the process.
  — Bruce Finley, The Denver Post, 7 June 2017
• The president could also federalize the National Guard using what’s known as Title 10 and take control of the troops himself.
  — Abraham Mahshie, Washington Examiner, 26 Mar. 2020
• This attempt to federalize our elections and strip away states' rights would make cheating easier than ever.
  — Arkansas Online, 28 Apr. 2022
• The 1807 law was used at the request of California’s governor, to federalize the California National Guard units to quell the riots.
  — Devlin Barrett and Spencer S. Hsu, Anchorage Daily News, 23 Jan. 2022
• There are also bills that would federalize elections, force unionization of America’s workforce, and make the District of Columbia a state.
  — Karl Rove, WSJ, 28 Apr. 2021
• Many Democrats are pressing for even more aggressive action to federalize the medical supply chain.
  — Author: Anne Gearan, Mike Debonis, Brady Dennis, Anchorage Daily News, 9 May 2020
• The House of Representatives has already passed one bill that would federalize election rules and another that would undo state right-to-work laws on union membership.
  — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 2 Apr. 2021
• Their solution was to standardize and federalize the system.
  — Tom Margenau, Dallas News, 1 Aug. 2021
• Democrats proposed a new effort Wednesday to federalize the nation’s medical supply chain.
  — Time, 29 Apr. 2020
• Republicans cast the Democrats' bills in Congress as self-serving and expensive attempts to federalize elections.
  — Rick Klein, Averi Harper, ABC News, 29 Mar. 2021
• The Democratic narrative behind H.R.1, an 800-page House bill that would (among other things) federalize election administration, has been mostly cheered on by the press.
  — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 24 Mar. 2021
• Bobby reported the standoff with Wallace to the president, who issued the order to federalize the Alabama National Guard.
  — Patricia Sullivan, Time, 11 Aug. 2021
• Since Virginia has the death penalty, however, federalizing the prosecution might not trigger any greater set of penalties for a conviction.
  — Charlie Savage, New York Times, 13 Aug. 2017
• As Congress delves into the next round of aid, Democrats are putting forward their own priorities, including a new effort Wednesday to federalize the nation’s medical supply chain.
  — Lisa Mascaro, BostonGlobe.com, 29 Apr. 2020
• There have been howls for decades from conservatives about federalizing law enforcement.
  — Charles P. Pierce, Esquire, 27 Mar. 2017
• Republicans view it as a power grab that would limit free speech, federalize elections, and gut commonsense laws meant to avert fraud and bolster confidence in election integrity.
  — Todd J. Gillman, Dallas News, 17 July 2021
• The Insurrection Act is an 1807 law that allows the president to dispatch the military or federalize the National Guard in states that are unable to put down an insurrection or are defying federal law.
  — Savannah Behrmann, USA TODAY, 7 June 2020
• Under limited circumstances, Trump could federalize them, but in that case, they would generally be barred from doing law enforcement.
  — The Salt Lake Tribune, 30 Oct. 2020
• No factories have been seized, no supply chains federalized — although governors have complained that the Federal Emergency Management Agency has hijacked purchases by jumping to the front of the line.
  — Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2020
• Wouldn’t federalizing these social programs undermine the role of the states as laboratories of democracy?
  — Reihan Salam, Slate Magazine, 5 Dec. 2017
• The Insurrection Act, which dates to 1807, allows the president to call up active-duty military units or federalize the National Guard under certain circumstances.
  — NBC News, 5 June 2020
• As currently worded, the Insurrection Act allows the president to call up the active military or federalize the national guard under three circumstances.
  — NBC News, 2 June 2020
• Republicans also argue that the legislation is part of a partisan strategy for Democrats to federalize election rules to their advantage.
  — Savannah Behrmann, USA TODAY, 4 Nov. 2021
• Their initial proposal, H.R.1, aimed to federalize U.S. elections, and parts of it looked unconstitutional.
  — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 21 Sep. 2021
• Durham’s contribution to combatting the drug violence that continues to plague Hartford, Bridgeport and New Haven was to federalize investigations.
  — Edmund H. Mahony, courant.com, 26 Feb. 2021
• The Insurrection Act of 1807 also gives a president authority to deploy the military or federalize the National Guard in states that cannot control insurrections or that defy federal law.
  — Chelsey Cox, USA TODAY, 13 Oct. 2020
• These bills are really a power grab that would circumvent and federalize our entire elections process, stripping states of their constitutional authorities.
  — Ronald Brownstein, CNN, 25 Jan. 2022

Last Updated: 19 Oct 2024