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legislative

le juhs lay tiv

  • a  relating to a legislature or composed of members of a legislature
    legislative council
  • a  of or relating to or created by legislation
    legislative proposal

  • Legislative language consists mostly of amendments to existing statutory language -- in other words, unless you have the original statutory language handy, the legislative language .
  • One of Kennedy's marquee legislative accomplishments, the Americans with Disabilities Act was passed in 1990, prohibiting workplace discrimination against and requiring public .
  • SUPPORT: Won 12% of vote in 2001 legislative elections ON LE PEN: "I try to analyze complex problems instead of appealing to the instincts, impulses and stomachs of voters.
News & Articles

  • Fla. legislative leaders hit the road again
    Florida's two legislative leaders are hitting the road again to tout the recent session.
    June 12, 2013 - WFLX FOX 29
  • New legislative office building to rise in Minn. Capitol's shadow, with parking ramp, too
    ST. PAUL, Minn. †A rapid construction timetable surrounds a new legislative office building in the shadow of Minnesota's Capitol, which is about to undergo a renovation of its own.
    June 11, 2013 - Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune
  • Legislative panel OKs compromise budget
    Legislative panel OKs compromise budget Other significant pieces of the budget approved by the Legislature's Budget Conference Committee include loaning $500 million in revenue from the state's cap-and-trade program, which is supposed to be spent on greenhouse gas reduction, to the general budget fund. Lawmakers also agreed to a modified version of Brown's new funding formula for school ...
    June 11, 2013 - San Francisco Chronicle
Quotes

  • President Bush in Reuters
    The legislative process is sometimes not very pretty. But we are going to get a package passed. We will rise to the occasion. Republicans and Democrats will come together and pass a substantial rescue plan,Bush said.
  • Mitch McConnell in USA Today
    Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky called the measure a "legislative train wreck of historic proportions."

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