Sentence examples for legislative officials from inspiring English sources

Mr. Rowland met yesterday in Hartford with top state legislators to discuss Connecticut's widening budget problems, but both administration and legislative officials said that preventing the layoffs was no longer part of the discussion.

Legislative officials estimated that this would raise $200 million.

Legislative officials estimated that covering 295 more people would cost $500,000.

With Mr. Corzine's support, the Legislature could repeal the law as early as March 13, legislative officials said.

The Supreme Court has held on more than one occasion that legislative officials cannot exercise executive power.

Legislative officials said they would prefer to look at all possible budget cuts before considering any tax increases.

"Best guess is he is trying to somehow portray to somebody, somewhere, that he is trying to do the responsible thing against those bad guys, those legislators, those big city mayors," one legislative official said.

"It's escalating," a legislative official said today of the tension between the two men.

"There's no more high noon," said a legislative official, who requested anonymity to discuss lawmakers' strategy.

"It raises more questions than it answers," said one senior legislative official who spoke only on the condition of anonymity.

Brad Gordon, AIPAC's longtime legislative official, said ruefully, "I have not seen the Administration act with such force and such sustained effort... since Obama became President".