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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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The new California law allowing the exception for the private club members comes after California lawmakers spent years unsuccessfully pushing to extend the last call for drinks in a few cities.
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Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 4 Oct. 2024
Republican lawmakers pushed a similar measure two years ago.
—Stacey Barchenger, The Arizona Republic, 4 Oct. 2024
Both chambers of Congress are scheduled, however, to be in their home states and districts until after the election, as lawmakers focus on campaigning.
—Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 4 Oct. 2024
What may be bothering California’s lawmakers is that the means for making and distributing forms of political propaganda are being democratized.
—The Editors, National Review, 4 Oct. 2024
State lawmakers, who voted to place Proposition 5 on the ballot, had planned additionally to try to lower the threshold for approving special taxes at the local level from two-thirds to 55%.
—Liam Dillon, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2024
No one was hurt in the fire at Brindisi Airport, but the second safety incident this week involving Ryanair jets prompted concerns from Italian lawmakers.
—Alexandra Banner, CNN, 4 Oct. 2024
Democratic lawmakers have previously said the amendment was sent to the ballot as a way to turn out Republican voters this year.
—Stacey Barchenger, The Arizona Republic, 4 Oct. 2024
State lawmakers, by majority vote in 2023, sent the Back the Blue Act to the ballot.
—Stacey Barchenger, The Arizona Republic, 4 Oct. 2024
Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 4 Oct. 2024
Republican lawmakers pushed a similar measure two years ago.
—Stacey Barchenger, The Arizona Republic, 4 Oct. 2024
Both chambers of Congress are scheduled, however, to be in their home states and districts until after the election, as lawmakers focus on campaigning.
—Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 4 Oct. 2024
What may be bothering California’s lawmakers is that the means for making and distributing forms of political propaganda are being democratized.
—The Editors, National Review, 4 Oct. 2024
State lawmakers, who voted to place Proposition 5 on the ballot, had planned additionally to try to lower the threshold for approving special taxes at the local level from two-thirds to 55%.
—Liam Dillon, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2024
No one was hurt in the fire at Brindisi Airport, but the second safety incident this week involving Ryanair jets prompted concerns from Italian lawmakers.
—Alexandra Banner, CNN, 4 Oct. 2024
Democratic lawmakers have previously said the amendment was sent to the ballot as a way to turn out Republican voters this year.
—Stacey Barchenger, The Arizona Republic, 4 Oct. 2024
State lawmakers, by majority vote in 2023, sent the Back the Blue Act to the ballot.
—Stacey Barchenger, The Arizona Republic, 4 Oct. 2024
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