Sentence examples for key legislative from inspiring English sources

Sheryl Gay Stolberg quotes from a recent study which finds that female legislators in the House "introduce more bills, participate more vigorously in key legislative debates, and give more of the one-minute speeches that open each daily session".

In doing so, Heitkamp joined a successful 46-vote minority that killed a key legislative goal of the Obama administration.

In return, direct supporters of Mr. Putin, the acting president, got a lock on key legislative committees.

But on the key legislative issue of Reagan's presidency — the 1981 fight over his budget, which slashed taxes on the rich — O'Neill simply got rolled.

The three were said to be going over some of the President's key legislative priorities, including tax reform, immigration, infrastructure, and trade.

Tightly grasping the desk in front of him, Muir gave a three-minute speech about the bill that delivered the government a key legislative victory.

For two years, the president has seen House Republican leaders as the key to legislative progress, and he has pursued direct talks with Speaker John A. Boehner of Ohio and Representative Eric Cantor of Virginia, the majority leader.

Dan Doctoroff, a former Wall Street executive who served as New York City's deputy mayor for economic development under Mayor Michael Bloomberg, told me that bipartisanship was now the key to legislative success.

The list of negatives against the ruling government appears to be increasing, even as some key state legislative elections are underway, which in turn could affect voter reaction in the run-up to the general elections that have to be held by May 2009.

Last month, Democrats made big gains across the country by taking key state legislative seats, two governorships and full control of the state governments of New Jersey and Washington.

In recent years, Republicans have invested in and won key state legislative victories, which has resulted in lopsided redistricting that will make the work for progressives even more difficult at the state and federal level for years to come.