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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By reducing federal spending on programs like student loans, lawmakers aim to curb the annual deficit and slow the growth of the national debt.
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Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 25 Jan. 2025
The video showed Nuñez in 2014 urging lawmakers to support the bill, which extended in-state tuition prices to undocumented students who attended high school in Florida.
—Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 25 Jan. 2025
California lawmakers unanimously approved $2.5 billion to aid wildfire cleanup and recovery in the Los Angeles area Thursday morning just 10 days after Gov. Gavin Newsom called for it in a special session, via Nicole Nixon and Stephen Hobbs.
—Jenavieve Hatch, Sacramento Bee, 24 Jan. 2025
Texas lawmakers aim to prevent ICE raids from disrupting schools, too.
—Arthur Jones Ii, ABC News, 24 Jan. 2025
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Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 25 Jan. 2025
The video showed Nuñez in 2014 urging lawmakers to support the bill, which extended in-state tuition prices to undocumented students who attended high school in Florida.
—Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 25 Jan. 2025
California lawmakers unanimously approved $2.5 billion to aid wildfire cleanup and recovery in the Los Angeles area Thursday morning just 10 days after Gov. Gavin Newsom called for it in a special session, via Nicole Nixon and Stephen Hobbs.
—Jenavieve Hatch, Sacramento Bee, 24 Jan. 2025
Texas lawmakers aim to prevent ICE raids from disrupting schools, too.
—Arthur Jones Ii, ABC News, 24 Jan. 2025
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“Lawmaker.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lawmaker. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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