Most of the lawmakers who met with the president yesterday said they backed the mission.
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2. 大半年过去了，林肯也很受邻居们的欢迎，因此，林肯决定参加伊利诺伊州州立法委员职位的角逐。
With the coming of spring, encouraged by his great popularity among the neighbors, Lincoln decided to offer himself as a candidate for election to the legislature of the state of Illinois.
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3. 立法委员批评奥巴马太过依靠私营企业，且对实现目标的信心的及创造就业岗位的承诺表达得暧昧不清。
Legislators have criticized Obama's vision for being too dependent on private industry and too vague to offer confidence that the goals can be met or the promised jobs created.
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4. 内塔尼亚胡邀请阿巴斯到以色列议会讲话，他说反过来，他也希望直接向巴勒斯坦立法委员会发表讲话。
Netanyahu invited Abbas to address Israel's parliament, the Knesset, and said that, in return, he would like to speak directly to the Palestinian Legislative Council.
In most other cases, as the idea of regulation began to seem less legitimate, regulators became less effective and companies felt more free to ignore them.
Similarly, on Capitol Hill, legislators are reluctant to devote energy to an issue that hasn’t grabbed the public’s attention and isn’t tied directly to U.S. jobs or the budget.
Similarly, on Capitol Hill, legislators are reluctant to devote energy to an issue that hasn't grabbed the public's attention and isn't tied directly to U.S. jobs or the budget.
Nick Baird, must develop the rules and submit them to a legislative panel for approval, Weiss said. Baird also plans to make public a draft of the rules and take comments from the public.
YELLING dementedly, seven lawmakers mobbed the chairman of the Indian parliament's upper house on March 8th and tore at the document, containing the women's reservation bill, he was reading from.
On top of this, lawmakers get 40 round trips a year to their constituencies and free train travel, as well as pension benefits that accumulate twice as fast as those of civil servants.
If we want our regulators to do better, we have to embrace a simple idea: regulation isn't an obstacle to thriving free markets; it's a vital part of them.
The strength of the Republican swing was shown in RACES beyond Congress: they took a majority of the 37 governorships at stake and 19 of the state legislatures.
And earlier this month, legislators in Nevada passed a bill authorizing the state's Transportation Department to draw up rules and standards for driver-less cars on state roads.
Nor can Mr Edano count on support from a block of 129 lawmakers, allied to Mr Ozawa, who voted against Mr Kan's appointment as party leader (and hence prime minister) last week.
The lawmaker in charge of the committee, which drafted the amendments, Ahmad Muqowam of the United Development Party, said they were designed to protect disabled people from road accidents.
Koutoujian said he hopes the bill will gain support with fellow lawmakers in the overwhelmingly Democratic Massachusetts Legislature, which starts its new two-year term in January.
Privately run state lotteries-legislators in several states-including Texas and illinois-have introduced bills to "lease" to private companies the right to run the lottery.
The projected size of the two-year shortfall has been creeping up, from $11 billion to $15 billion; $18 billion is last month’s estimate from the state’s Legislative Budget Board.
Thus began an increasingly silly feud between governor and legislature. Legislators delayed sending a budget to Mrs Brewer, who in turn sued the body and won.
Still, the bill's endorsement on May 24th by the cabinet committee on legislation sent a shudder through liberal circles in the Jewish state-and appalled Palestinians everywhere.
Still, the bill's endorsement on May 24th by the cabinet committee on legislation sent a shudder through liberal circles in the Jewish state-and appalled Palestinians everywhere.
