Sentence examples for legislative scene from inspiring English sources
EZRA KLEIN surveys the legislative scene in America:In the few days remaining before the Senate recesses for the election, the Democrats have decided to pull off a bad policy twofer: They'll fight for one policy that doesn't make sense, and in doing, make success less likely on a policy that does make sense.
But the big difference now is that this anniversary comes on the heels of the 13 November attacks in Paris, which shed crude light on the nature of violent jihadism and set France on an official war footing, transforming the political and legislative scene in worrying ways.
Will Jerry Brown end up finding dealing with the dysfunctional legislative scene as unproductive as Schwarzenegger did?
Extensive media coverage of these hacks should have set the scene for legislative action, but instead the Senate did not even vote on a cybersecurity measure introduced by Sen. Dianne Feinstein.
The pharmaceutical giant Pfizer has been helping the legislative drive behind the scenes, even drafting some of the bills, according to legislators and patient advocates.
"He is to be commended for his tenacity, for his never-give-up," said Mr. Shelby, who, like Mr. Reed, prefers to flex his legislative muscle behind the scenes.
For all the public displays over the years of his outsized personae and powers of persuasion, this time he had kept a low profile, working behind the scenes as his legislative team and career health care experts practically lived on Capitol Hill, negotiating with members of Congress and their staffs.
It's a filibuster the car chase scene of the American legislative process!
He quietly built the case with the business community and some legislative leadership and others behind the scene".
"Behind the scenes it was a real struggle," said Howard Posner, a veteran legislative staffer who helped Google lobby behind-the-scenes for autonomous cars in consults for California's Assembly Transportation Committee.
He cited a small but striking scene: Seeking to learn something about legislative and electoral politics, some new parliamentarians were passing around a DVD containing episodes of "The West Wing".
