Sentence examples for lawmakers maintain from inspiring English sources

Many Republican lawmakers maintain that the commissions, not civilian court, should be used for all foreign terrorism suspects.

But many lawmakers maintain investments that seem not to be restricted by the law, or earn money from family businesses though they may not be listed as owners.

Gov. George E. Pataki today continued his assault on the budget the Legislature passed in defiance of his veto threat, saying it would not reduce local property taxes as lawmakers maintain because they failed to revamp the Medicaid program.

The party was dissolved in the wake of the 2011 revolt, but its former lawmakers maintain influence among tribes and villages across the country — and can still translate that clout into political capital.

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He has defied the unspoken Senate rule that new lawmakers maintain a low profile and defer to senior colleagues.

To give them an opportunity to survive, the lawmakers maintained the differential in the city of New York, the field of keenest competition.

Last May, New York lawmakers maintained the state's ban on mixed martial arts, leaving it one of the few states that do not sanction the sport.

Many other members apparently welcomed Mr. Draghi's visit and the chance to pose questions directly to him, although some opposition lawmakers maintained criticism that the E.C.B. plan amounted to a first step on a path toward common sharing of debt among the 17 states using the euro.

In the statute, lawmakers maintained that they were codifying existing legal authority to detain Al Qaeda suspects indefinitely, as the United States had been doing since 2001 based on the vague authorization by Congress to "use military force" against the perpetrators of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks and those who helped them.

The one-two punch is a blunt attempt by Republican lawmakers to maintain power, Democrats say.