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• n  someone who makes or enacts laws

• Depending on what your leanings are, you could compare his work history lawyer, state legislator, Washington short-timer, orator to Abraham Lincoln's, or to a thousand .
• It is an incident from a past secret life that has come back to haunt a legislator who is widely respected.
• Says independent legislator Keigo Ouchi, Health Minister in the 1993-94 coalition Cabinet that included Komeito: "Their Komeito politicians' loyalty is to Ikeda first and the .

News & Articles

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• China expels legislator for violating discipline
  BEIJING (AP) — A Chinese legislator has been expelled for "serious disciplinary violations" amid a crackdown on corruption ordered by President Xi Jinping, state media reported Sunday.        
  June 30, 2013 - Boston Globe
• Alabama lawmaker to challenge state ban on gay marriage
  Alabama's only openly gay legislator is challenging the state's ban on same-sex marriage.  
  June 30, 2013 - WSFA 12 Montgomery
• Gay Legislator Calls for Censure Over 'God's Law' Comment
  Openly gay legislator Rep. Brian Sims, D-Philadelphia, has asked the Pennsylvania Legislature to censure Rep. Daryl Metcalfe for comments made to WHYY on Thursday. Photo Credit: AP Photo/Matt Rourke, file
  June 29, 2013 - NBC Philadelphia

Quotes

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• Barack Obama in Cape Cod Times
  Obama spoke of Kennedy as "the greatest legislator of our time. He did it by hewing to principle, but also by seeking compromise and common cause - not through deal-making and horse-trading alone, but through friendship, and kindness, and humor."
• Darrell Hammond in FOXNews
  We're distorting a piece of temporary perception of a changing piece of information,says Hammond. "I kind of think of myself as a clown who wears funny noses. I don't think that I'm a policy wonk or a legislator."
• Joe Biden in Forbes
  If I were a state legislator, I'd vote for it to move off the grounds - out of the state,Biden said at an NAACP march and rally at the Statehouse.