Government leaders ultimately capitulated to his demand for a special committee to draft legislation for a new anticorruption agency.
Only a few days before, a lawmaker introduced legislation for a state convention "to take into consideration the present state of the Union".
Google's chairman, Eric Schmidt, told National Public Radio that the company had joined Alec, a lobby group that shares model legislation, for a campaign on an unrelated issue.
The Criminal Justice and Police Act was a flagship piece of legislation for a government determined to crack down on anti-social behaviour and alcohol-fuelled public disorder.
Just two years ago, Schumer resisted the $15 minimum wage proposal, instead co-sponsoring Murray's legislation for a $12 wage — "a winner issue for us," according to Schumer.
In this climate it is a bold Conservative minister who would persist in championing what Oddie calls "a piece of legislation for a throw-away age - if it doesn't work, don't fix it, dump it".
Startled by the popular outrage, government officials persuaded Mr. Hazare to abandon that protest by inviting him and his aides to join a special committee to draft legislation for a Lokpal.
"There's a role bigger than just initiatives and legislation for a president in an administration," Mr. Bush said against a breathtaking backdrop of ponderosa pines and, in the distance, peaks that touched the clouds.
In those first two years, we built a citywide coalition, developed legislation for a Green Jobs Corps, surveyed the local business landscape, won over labor leaders, and educated elected officials.
On the plus side, Representative Barney Frank, the chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, recently issued proposed legislation for a new Consumer Financial Protection Agency, a step forward for one of the Obama administration's main reform initiatives.
