Sentence examples for gap between lawmakers from inspiring English sources

To debate: At the Washington Post, Peter Whoriskey takes a closer look at the widening wealth gap between lawmakers and constituents in the U.S. To view: The twenty most popular Reddit pictures of 2011.

That group has grown in recent years to include nearly half of all members of Congress -- 250 in all -- and the wealth gap between lawmakers and their constituents appears to be growing quickly, even as Congress debates unemployment benefits, possible cuts in food stamps and a "millionaire's tax".

On Tuesday, signs were evident that Mr. Bush's criticism of Democrats might actually widen gaps between lawmakers who share similar policy goals.

Two years ago, lawmakers came to Austin to write a budget that had the same problems — a "structural deficit" (the gap between what lawmakers promised to raise in a 2006 tax bill and what they agreed to spend on public schools at the same time), a shortfall, a recession — that are featured in this year's edition.

President Jackson, like many modern twenty-somethings, was a true outsider in politics, fighting to breach the gap between elitist lawmakers and the common man.

Mr. Khoshnaw, the Kurdish lawmaker, explained the gap between the generations of leaders this way: The older generation that suffered under Mr. Hussein and struggled against him in exile is "defined by the resentments inside themselves".

Even Texas, which had been weathering the downturn, faces a gap that lawmakers say could top $21 billion over the next two years.

For years, lawmakers have complained about the gap between taxes owed and taxes paid voluntarily.

By then, lawmakers must close a $5.3 billion gap between projected revenue and spending.

Some lawmakers said it illustrated the gap between high-paid bankers and the wider public that continues to suffer from slow economic growth in Britain.

Americans puzzled by the growing gap between popular support for gun controls and Washington lawmakers' obeisance to the gun lobby should know about the Congressional Sportsmen's Foundation.