What the Court may have done, however, is to contribute to a political burden too heavy for the Republican Party to bear.

Studying several sites simultaneously just to spread the political burden would waste billions.

Canceling the order would also reduce the political burden that we now know shuttles bring.

Thus was Japan freed from the commercial and political burdens imposed by the unequal treaties signed with foreign countries.

That was said to be a political burden because people would giggle at the thought.

With polls showing that four out of five Americans favor the amendment, this could be a heavy political burden to carry.

They are questioning whether the political and economic burdens may not now outweigh the benefits.

This shifts the political burden to the companies and pro-tobacco members of Congress to try to stop regulation.

Other scenes carry a more explicitly political burden, and perhaps a literary one too.

So the Transportation Secretary called on the governors to pick up the tab, and the political burden.