During his term in office, he asked the legislature to conduct a thorough reform of the state's tax system, but the legislators' only response was to create a board of equalization charged with making equitable tax assessments.
In response, legislators passed a bill requiring a warrant, but the bill was vetoed by Gov. Jerry Brown this month.
The tax was a response, legislators and government officials say, to the United States' unwillingness to accept imports of the Mexican sugar that were displaced in Mexico by cheaper American corn syrup.
In response, legislators and policy makers have been quick to provide particular protection for those workers (in the form of early retirement programs and, in some cases, tailor-made unemployment insurance (UI) schemes for older workers).
In response, legislators from sales-tax-free New Hampshire, whose retailers rely on tax-averse Massachusetts shoppers, are pushing a law to prevent New Hampshire retailers from collecting the tax for other states.
In response, legislators across the nation have introduced 56 bills over the past three years specifically addressing college gun laws, only one of which has passed.
In response, legislators passed a largely ineffective bill providing that, if funds could be raised through special taxes in districts along the river, the state would provide the funds to maintain the improvements.
"We had extensive hearings and a lot of clamoring to strengthen regulations and oversight," said Mr. Cummiskey, the Arizona legislator, of the response to the deaths.
An article on Thursday about a rousing reception for Gov. M. Jodi Rell on the opening day of the Connecticut General Assembly's legislative session misstated the political affiliation of State Senator Andrew W. Roraback, who said the response reflected legislators' fond memories of Mrs. Rell's 10 years as a fellow lawmaker.
But anti-terrorist measures approved by legislators last month in response to the recent attacks brought the death penalty back.
