Sentence examples for legislative box from inspiring English sources

You might call it the "legislative box" theory.

It's not hard to extend Mr. Podesta's theory about the legislative box to other areas in which the administration has faltered.

He founded Common Cause in the fall of 1970; C.C. is most noteworthy not in the number of its members (220,000), its legislative box score, or its own longevity but, rather, the idea of citizen action that lies behind it.

Perhaps the most damaging consequence of the legislative box is that it left Mr. Obama, who still regards himself as an outsider and a reformer, looking like a Congressional insider — which is about the last thing voters, and independent voters in particular, wanted him to be.

But it turned out that the man, who is a schoolteacher and the local electoral overseer, was transferring presidential ballots, which had mistakenly been placed in the legislative ballot box, to their correct place.

In Sri Lanka responses have included establishing a Presidential Committee (see Box 1), legislative changes and improved clinical management.

Rather, they are remarkably effective at shouting down moderation and having an outsize influence at the ballot box, in our legislative process, and even at the courthouse steps.

This is Indonesia's highest legislative body.

The council is strictly a legislative body.

When Barack Obama checks his in-box this week — a legislative agenda in disarray, and the prospect of painful spending cutbacks and massive tax increases on the horizon — Moscow, by contrast, may look welcoming.

"A lot of rumors are floating around this building that the Republicans are trying desperately to find some way out of this Pandora's box," said a top legislative staffer who works with Virginia's Democrats.