Examples of lawmaker in a Sentence
the state's lawmakers worked long into the night drafting a bill that would be acceptable to everyone
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Last week, the Idaho House unanimously passed the bill, with 63 votes in favor and seven lawmakers absent.
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Kyle Pfannenstiel, Idaho Statesman, 25 Mar. 2025
The governor’s remarks are coloring the debate in Tallahassee as state lawmakers consider removing all limitations on how late and how much 16- and 17-year-olds can work and ending those teenage workers’ guarantee of a meal break.
—Romy Ellenbogen, Miami Herald, 25 Mar. 2025
Maryland lawmakers are pushing several proposals to address the large percentage of children missing significant amounts of school each year.
—Brooke Conrad, Baltimore Sun, 25 Mar. 2025
Washington’s Inflation Reduction Act and the CHIPS and Science Act, meanwhile, were more likely historic anomalies than first steps in a broader trend toward greater industrial policy, given the uneasiness among Republican lawmakers over their passage.
—Michael B. G. Froman, Foreign Affairs, 25 Mar. 2025
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Kyle Pfannenstiel, Idaho Statesman, 25 Mar. 2025
The governor’s remarks are coloring the debate in Tallahassee as state lawmakers consider removing all limitations on how late and how much 16- and 17-year-olds can work and ending those teenage workers’ guarantee of a meal break.
—Romy Ellenbogen, Miami Herald, 25 Mar. 2025
Maryland lawmakers are pushing several proposals to address the large percentage of children missing significant amounts of school each year.
—Brooke Conrad, Baltimore Sun, 25 Mar. 2025
Washington’s Inflation Reduction Act and the CHIPS and Science Act, meanwhile, were more likely historic anomalies than first steps in a broader trend toward greater industrial policy, given the uneasiness among Republican lawmakers over their passage.
—Michael B. G. Froman, Foreign Affairs, 25 Mar. 2025
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“Lawmaker.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lawmaker. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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