The governor's legislative talent and his ability to purr and growl and reduce opponents and even friends to more incoherence than is typical are well known.
In the 18 months Dan Andrews has spent as Victoria's premier, he's shown a Sanderian talent for legislative action; from the implementation of Australia's first statewide medical marijuana program, to the commissioning of Australia's first LGBTI Pride Centre.
Several years ago, Dr. Blee got to apply his weightlifting talents to a legislative emergency.
Over the years, Schumer's talents as a "legislative strategist" have put him at the center of some of Congress's most contentious negotiations.
Some Whig newspapers thought Benjamin too young and inexperienced at forty, despite his undoubted talent, but the Whig legislative caucus selected him on the second ballot, and he was elected by the two houses over Democrat Solomon W. Downs.
The events of this week present a remarkable opportunity for the President Obama to appoint someone who has clinical, executive, legislative, political and consensus building experience and talent to transform health care in this country in a bipartisan, sustainable way.
Mr. Talent emphasized that he had more legislative experience than his opponent, having served in the Missouri House for eight years and in the United States House of Representatives for another eight years, from 1993 to 2001.
As a result, despite his talents as a spotter of political trends, he has a thin legislative achievement to show for his eight years.
She describes the former first lady as a "workhorse, not a show horse," with an "instinct for organization" and a talent, like Mr. Rockefeller's, for combining visionary ideas with the humdrum legislative work that makes them happen.
