Sentence examples for legislative business from inspiring English sources

Texas law required that two-thirds of the hundred-and-fifty-member body be present in order to conduct legislative business; the Democrats, who numbered sixty-two, could stop the legislation simply by not showing up.

The House meets at noon for legislative business.

The government, as this reshuffle has underlined, has little legislative business or ambition left in it.

Closed party conferences allow relatively few lawmakers to control legislative business.

Night after night, he would lambaste Democrats, speaking in an empty House chamber after the day's legislative business was done.

Ms. Yellen's nomination hearings will add another wild card to a complicated mix of year-end legislative business.

Given the pending legislative business and outstanding issues on the treaty and modernization, there doesn't appear to be enough time".

In almost every case they did so only once the government had got through the bulk of its legislative business.

The House will meet at 9 00 a.m. for legislative business.

Ms. Davis, who was occupied with legislative business in Sacramento on Thursday night, did not attend her own gala.

Either way, the party organizing the Senate has to keep responsibility in its own hands for handling legislative business.