Sentence examples for has no legislative from inspiring English sources

It has no legislative function: it may consider bills but not block their passage.

"The council has no legislative or executive powers; all they can do is make proposals that get shelved".

On the subject of immigration Mr Obama was profoundly vulnerable: he has no legislative victories to his credit, and he has deported more undocumented immigrants than any president in history.

Created in 1957, the commission, whose members are appointed by Congress and the president, has no legislative or regulatory power but is often described as the nation's conscience on civil rights, issuing reports and recommendations, and sometimes holding public hearings.

The Saudi king, Abdullah, issued a decree that for the first time gave women seats on the Shura council, an assembly whose members are appointed to discuss laws and other issues and advise the king, but that has no legislative power.

The U.K. committee has no legislative authority; its recommendations are purely advisory.

We have no legislative body.

All their powers are delegated by the state, and they have no legislative powers allowing them to expand that authority.

America is one of the few countries to have no legislative provision for fathers or mothers to take paid time off after the arrival of a baby.

Although these suggestions to various magistrates had no legislative force during the republic, they could be given force by the magistrates' edicts.

Meadows, who had no legislative experience, filed an obscure parliamentary procedure known as a motion to vacate that would have forced a referendum on Boehner in the House.