as in legislator
a member of an organized body of persons having the authority to make laws
the state's lawmakers worked long into the night drafting a bill that would be acceptable to everyone
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This devastation across six states prompted lawmakers from those areas to push for restoring the SBA disaster loan funding in the CR.
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Rhett Buttle, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
Garvey was the founder of the Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA) which was created to challenge racial inequality, according to the lawmakers.
—Tesfaye Negussie, ABC News, 24 Dec. 2024
Republican lawmakers in Tennessee proposed a new plan the next day to expand the state's controversial program that gives public funds to families of K-12 students to offset private school costs.
—Craig Shoup, The Tennessean, 23 Dec. 2024
In Texas, a state lawmaker recently introduced his own bill modeled after that one, which will be considered by their legislature next year.
—Andrew R. Chow, TIME, 23 Dec. 2024
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Rhett Buttle, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
Garvey was the founder of the Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA) which was created to challenge racial inequality, according to the lawmakers.
—Tesfaye Negussie, ABC News, 24 Dec. 2024
Republican lawmakers in Tennessee proposed a new plan the next day to expand the state's controversial program that gives public funds to families of K-12 students to offset private school costs.
—Craig Shoup, The Tennessean, 23 Dec. 2024
In Texas, a state lawmaker recently introduced his own bill modeled after that one, which will be considered by their legislature next year.
—Andrew R. Chow, TIME, 23 Dec. 2024
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“Lawmaker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lawmaker. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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