Sentence examples for control legislature from inspiring English sources

Before the 2014 election, Democrats had single-party control (legislature and governor) in 15 states.

Starting in 1999, the State Duma (Russia's Federal Parliament), and notably the then chairman of its Health Protection Committee, Nikolay Gerasimenko, tried to introduce a national tobacco control legislature that was initially drafted to resemble the FCTC draft.

Democrats control legislatures for 49; a further 91 are split.

As the region continues to change, Republicans who control legislatures in the South will confront a basic question: how to retain political power when the demographics are no longer on your side.

But the state's governor, M. Jodi Rell, a Republican, and the Democratically controlled legislature then adopted what was widely called a "do-nothing" budget that left the previous year's decisions frozen.

In Vermont, the state's Democratically controlled legislature will pick its next governor, after the chairman of the Democratic Governors Association, Peter Shumlin, led Republican Scott Milne but failed to top 50% of the vote.

Voter backlash from these unconscionable long lines are forcing the GOP controlled legislature to re-instate up to 14 days of early voting.

Before the election, Republicans controlled legislatures in 17 states, 14 of which had a Republican governor; Democrats controlled legislatures in 19 states, 10 with a Democratic governor.

Since the GOP controls the legislature, they control the maps for gerrymandering and have secured their seats very well.

At least 71 seats are needed to control the legislature.

Democrats, who control the legislature, approved the increase on Thursday, days after the agreement was announced.