Sentence examples for citizen lawmakers from inspiring English sources
Wyoming's legislature is composed of part-time citizen lawmakers who meet for limited legislative sessions each year.
The natural comparison to this incoming class is that of 1994, when a host of citizen lawmakers was elected in a challenge to President Bill Clinton and a Democratic-controlled Congress.
By making Elian a citizen, lawmakers said they hope to remove the immigration complications from the case, including the federal lawsuit, and focus it solely on the custody issue.
Because these "citizen lawmakers" work only a few days a week, they also are permitted to have lucrative day jobs — including anything from broad consulting or legal work to key roles at companies or organizations that may benefit directly from the legislative activity in Albany.
"Citizen" lawmakers voting on bills that would benefit them directly.
Ordinary citizens, lawmakers and governments must speak out more forcefully to fight violence against children.
The initiative urges ordinary citizens, lawmakers and governments to speak out more forcefully to fight violence against children and end impunity for those who violate children's rights.
UNICEF India is urging citizens, lawmakers and governments to speak out more forcefully to fight violence against children, with a special focus on sexual violence against girls, as part of UNICEFs global campaign End Violence against Children.
Ha Noi, 31 July 2013 – Violence against children is all too often unseen, unheard and underreported, said UNICEF today, announcing an initiative that urges ordinary citizens, lawmakers and governments to speak out more forcefully to fight violence against children.
NEW YORK, 31 July 2013 – Violence against children is all too often unseen, unheard and underreported, said UNICEF today, announcing an initiative that urges ordinary citizens, lawmakers and governments to speak out more forcefully to fight violence against children.
The presented study comes at the moment when UNICEF is conducting a ground breaking 'End Violence Against Children initiative', a global initiative that urges ordinary citizens, lawmakers and governments to speak out more forcefully to fight violence against children.
