Sentence examples for chief lawmaker from inspiring English sources

"The attorney general as the chief lawmaker of this land is there to protect it, and shouldn't regard environmental law as a nuisance or an inconvenience".

Now that the Wyoming state legislature has stripped Tea Partier Cindy Hill of her powers as states schools chief, lawmakers say they can continue with the state's plans to bring more accountability to its schools, lawmakers say.

"Stock markets today are just a money game," said Mitsuru Sakurai, policy chief and lawmaker at the opposition Democratic Party.

Mr. DeLay is the chief Republican lawmaker charged with rounding up votes for Mr. Clinton's effort to extend permanent normal trade relations to China.

WASHINGTON -- The signature gun control bill being pushed by President Barack Obama is likely to suffer a setback, as congressional aides and outside advocates signaled Tuesday that they no longer expect a chief Republican lawmaker to lend his support.

Menendez -- the chief Democratic lawmaker on the measure -- rejected the idea on Monday, noting that some companies, including one currently involved in the Gulf catastrophe, actually didn't earn money this past year.

Timothy D. Bereznay, an F.B.I. section chief, told lawmakers in May that some journalists were "hostile intelligence officers".

After holding hearings earlier this month with GM CEO Mary Barra and the NHTSA chief David Friedman, lawmakers expect to zero in on GM engineers critical to the development and oversight of the faulty switches.

And we urge local chiefs and lawmakers to hold men to account for domestic violence.

Chief among them, lawmakers do not have to reveal clients of their law firms who have business before the state if the lawmaker has not had direct dealings with that client.

While Mr. Paulson, Ms. Pelosi and Mr. Boehner were the chief negotiators, other lawmakers have sought to take a strong hand in the process.