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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Texas lawmakers last met in 2023 with a voucher-like program at the top of Gov. Greg Abbott’s to-do list.
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Eleanor Dearman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Jan. 2025
While the state’s attorney general handled the lawsuits, Burgum emphatically supported them, urging state lawmakers last spring to fully fund the legal fights.
—Mary Steurer, ProPublica, 24 Jan. 2025
Some Republicans have voiced reservations but appeared to warm to Hegseth after meeting with him last month—and no GOP lawmakers broke ranks during his confirmation hearing last week before the Armed Services Committee.
—Sara Dorn, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2025
Last week it was announced that the two parties had secured the support of a group of regional independent lawmakers and was ready to form a government.
—Kathy Rose O'Brien, CNN, 23 Jan. 2025
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Eleanor Dearman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Jan. 2025
While the state’s attorney general handled the lawsuits, Burgum emphatically supported them, urging state lawmakers last spring to fully fund the legal fights.
—Mary Steurer, ProPublica, 24 Jan. 2025
Some Republicans have voiced reservations but appeared to warm to Hegseth after meeting with him last month—and no GOP lawmakers broke ranks during his confirmation hearing last week before the Armed Services Committee.
—Sara Dorn, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2025
Last week it was announced that the two parties had secured the support of a group of regional independent lawmakers and was ready to form a government.
—Kathy Rose O'Brien, CNN, 23 Jan. 2025
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“Lawmaker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lawmaker. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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