Sentence examples for lawmakers terms from inspiring English sources

Mr. Maduro recently embraced a proposal to write his own constitutional amendment that would end the lawmakers' terms.

But with the opposition and the government still at odds, and the impending expirations dates of lawmakers' terms, the speed with which the Senate signs off on the new deal will be crucial in leading the country out of the current political crisis.

If the negotiators provide few details when they announce the agreement and discuss the framework only in private with U.S. lawmakers, "the terms will leak, and the debate will be fierce," predicted Cliff Kupchan, an Iran specialist and chairman of the Eurasia Group risk consulting firm.

Opponents, including California's Democratic lawmakers, have termed the bill a water grab that would circumvent state law, pit water users against each other and roll back environmental protections.

The Council continued to hold internal discussions about term limits for some time, weighing whether to push changes that would extend term limits for lawmakers to three full terms from the current limit of two full terms.

The good people at the National Journal -- who America turns to for information on how our lawmakers rank in terms of their ideological rigidity -- is out today with rankings of the conservative members of the House of Representatives and the Senate.

The policy is intended to be a short-term measure while lawmakers formulate a long-term strategy.

In the longer term, lawmakers need to go further.

That adds up to more time than these first-term lawmakers were advised to spend on Congressional business.

House leaders called the criticism unfair and, explaining that first-term lawmakers accounted for 70 percent of the body, pledged to do better.

His party has lost more than 75 lawmakers during his term and is in danger of losing its majority in Parliament's powerful lower chamber.