Sentence examples for legislative equivalent from inspiring English sources

Just the legislative equivalent of driving with your knee.

For policy making, this is the legislative equivalent of gum on a shoe.

Naming courthouses, post offices and other federal buildings is one of the most routine acts of business Congress conducts -- the legislative equivalent of licking stamps.

Chris Lehane, a Democratic strategist, wonders if the lame duck has become "the legislative equivalent of an appendix" —useful in centuries past, but today only contributing to the cynicism that pervades American politics.

In this case, with Mr. Reid about to grasp the legislative equivalent of a World Series ring, aides were satisfied that Morgan, Gehrig and Ruth were all baseball players and all hitters.

On the key issue of bolstering auditors' independence, a weak reform bill passed in April by the House of Representatives is the legislative equivalent of prescribing an aspirin for a brain tumor.

To reach that legislative goal, their equivalent of the public option, someone needs to be visibly advocating something further left, the equivalent of single-payer: maybe something like unlimited amnesty with visitation for family members.

This is the legislative and intellectual equivalent of a terrifying and offensive tweet from the head of state, and could have far more lasting impact.

The Council is a legislative body, the local equivalent of the U.S. Congress, but by tradition & the city charter neither its initiative nor its power has ever been remarkable.

In American terms, the PSC is the equivalent of an autonomous legislative entity that features only the president, vice president, and top Cabinet members.

Snowe's preference for legislative delay is not, of course, the equivalent of a death sentence.