Sentence examples for hit lawmakers from inspiring English sources

Make it a fine, or give it some other new name, and you'll potentially avoid the kind of opprobrium that hit lawmakers who run afoul of Grover Norquist, whose idea of a pledge not to raise taxes has tied the hands of a generation of politicians.

The $85 billion in cuts to domestic and military programs known as sequestration has already hit, with lawmakers doing little to change them.

Each time a huge storm hits, lawmakers should provide immediate relief without having to worry about someone like Senator Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania demanding that spending be cut elsewhere, or House members putting ideology before common-sense preparation.

Mr. Pitts's comments tee up that solution a couple of months before lawmakers hit Austin to actually write the budget.

Manufacturing jobs have been dwindling for years, and the economy went into a tailspin in 2006, after lawmakers hit an impasse and the government ran out of cash, forcing a two-week shutdown.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 9 - The House approved $11.6 billion in emergency aid on Saturday for the storm-battered and politically important state of Florida as Congress worked through a stack of must-pass legislation before lawmakers hit the campaign trail.

Republican leaders teed up the Stop The War On Coal Act, H.R. 3409, as their last vote before lawmakers hit the campaign trail full time.

He followed it up by taking over the reins on another maverick lawmaker hit: Beverly Hills Cop II.

According to media reports, Woolfe was punched during a fistfight with another lawmaker, hit his head and collapsed a little while later.

Food stamps took a second hit as lawmakers turned to it like an all-purpose A.T.M. to help cover the cost of state aid.

Still, the governor's strict approach to limiting spending hit a wall with lawmakers, who this week overrode most of the vetoes she issued on a $6 billion general fund budget.