Sentence examples for active legislature from inspiring English sources

Actually, the governor's power has been substantially curtailed by an active legislature with greater staff and resources.

The advocates have been active in state legislatures, too.

They were active in the Massachusetts legislature this year, where the red flag law got more GOP votes than any other gun bill in recent history, said John Rosenthal, founder of the Massachusetts-based nonprofit Stop Handgun Violence.

In addition to Rhode Island, bills to permit same-sex marriage are under active consideration in the legislatures of at least three other states: Delaware, Illinois and Minnesota.

Enron and particularly Lay, a close personal friend of President George W. Bush George W. Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney Dick Cheney, have been active politically, lobbying state legislatures around the country for deregulation of energy markets.

Moral interest groups are active in many state legislatures pushing for laws that will achieve that end.

The Research Institute was chartered by the state legislature in 1919 and became active in 1934.

Jackson told the court that once Congress passes laws, responsibility for enforcing them shifts to the executive, and the legislature ceases to have active involvement.

With the recent decoding of the human genome, many state legislatures are also becoming active in the field of genetics policy.

The small government Republicans who dominate the Tennessee Legislature are taking a very active role in public education.

Indeed, a small but passionate vanguard of politically active Westchester farmers is lobbying the county legislature to halt and even reverse the loss of local agriculture.