Sentence examples for legislative skills from inspiring English sources

How does the article describe Mr. Reid's legislative skills?

The personality issue was overshadowed by Mr. Thomas's legislative skills and political instincts.

Many experts cited the County of Los Angeles as being adept at using legislative skills to get its wishes met.

His legislative skills are widely praised by other lawmakers, but put him in front of an audience and he is plainly no Cicero (or indeed Clinton).

Senator Mitch McConnell, the Republican leader who is from coal-dependent Kentucky, promised to use his legislative skills to prevent the measure.

"John McCain prior to 2000 would not be known for his legislative skills or achievements," said John Weaver, a former McCain adviser.

Since then, though they have held their slim majorities, they have lacked the legislative skill to do much with them against a Democratic president.

One might argue that doing all this doesn't just call for statesmanship, eloquence or legislative skill: it calls for a magician.

For the Reagan administration, it was Mr. Conable's legislative skill on the domestic front that made him a formidable choice for the job.

If Democrats arrive in 2016 feeling that Obama disappointed them by failing to manage (and massage) Congress well enough to turn his hopes into realities, Biden's legislative skill will seem all the more appealing.

By the late 1940's, McCarran had become, Ybarra writes, "a master parliamentarian, with the patience of Job... persisting until his tenacity wore down the opposition and his legislative skill turned his will into deed".