Sentence examples for legislative majorities from inspiring English sources

The legislation grants permanent powers to the existing legislative majorities.

While both parties have engaged in gerrymandering, Republicans have given it a particularly robust effort recently, winning legislative majorities in several key states where partisan legislators, not independent commissions, set district lines.

New Jersey's Republican governor and legislative majorities have treated the 1998 insurance overhaul as a major advance for the state's burdened drivers, while Democrats insist that they should get credit for forcing the issue.

Many governments lack dependable legislative majorities.

Tensions between incoming and outgoing legislative majorities are not unusual.

As in Greece, the electoral system in Britain is designed to produce single-party legislative majorities.

All presidents since democracy was restored in 1985 have had to form variegated coalitions to obtain legislative majorities.

The state Democrats' defense of their legislative majorities meant that voters did not repudiate the Springfield status quo.

"Legislative majorities come and go," David Frum, a former speechwriter for President George W. Bush, lamented on Sunday.

With strong presidential and legislative majorities, the new president is well placed to open a fresh era in Taiwan's evolution.

Voting experts predict legislative movement this year or next, especially in states with Republican legislative majorities and Republican governors.