Sentence examples for lawmakers for action from inspiring English sources

A year or so ago, a "We the People" petition on the White House's website garnered 114,000 signatures for reform of the law more than enough to grab the Administration's attention, and to send a wake-up call to lawmakers for action.

The vote by commissioners to pass the group's report on to Congress failed today, but prominent lawmakers say they plan to bring certain recommendations to lawmakers for action on Capitol Hill.

Maryland's system only allows for referenda on already-passed legislation, so the state will have to rely on state lawmakers for action on marijuana.

They were greeted by an unusually bipartisan group of lawmakers pushing for action in the House, where Republican leaders have declined to pursue legislation.

President Obama and lawmakers called for action, and regulators at agencies including the Securities and Exchange Commission promised to deliver, even as they struggled to understand the origins and particulars of Thursday's chaos.

And while the social media firms have been a bit more alacritous to respond to domestic lawmakers' requests for action and investigation into political disinformation, that just makes their wider inaction, when viable and reasonable concerns are brought to them by non-US politicians and other concerned individuals, all the more inexcusable.

After Orlando, California lawmakers push for action on gun control.

U.S. lawmakers call for action on Syria's chemical weapons.

One group, New Yorkers Against Gun Violence, started a counter-petition so residents could thank the governor and lawmakers for their action, and the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence e-mailed its supporters to praise the new law and also sent a letter of commendation to legislative leaders.

Marijuana legalization advocates in Oregon are approaching the issue from two sides, both pushing for a ballot initiative and lobbying state lawmakers for legislative action.

Curtis Gatewood, an NAACP community organizer who attended the hearing, criticized lawmakers for taking actions he said would make it harder for people to vote.