Sentence examples for legislature called from inspiring English sources

American Samoa has a bicameral legislature, called the Fono, which meets for two sessions each year.

A budget submitted to the legislature called for a 10% increase in military spending.

The new legislature called a state constitutional convention, which was elected in April 1864 and met from then until September.

As a result, the Virginia legislature called for a convention of all the states at Annapolis on September 11 , 1786

The congress elected from among its members a bicameral legislature (called the Supreme Soviet), each house having 271 members.

The legislature called for a special state convention, and on November 24 , 1832 the convention adopted the Ordinance of Nullification.

A draft budget submitted to the legislature calls for a 12.2% increase in military spending this year (up from 10.7% last year); overall government spending will rise by 9.5%.

Instead, they led to an online petition with more than 177,000 signers and at least 15 bills filed in the state legislature calling for their repeal.

The budget submitted to the legislature calls for the lowest rate of growth in defence spending since 1988, a period in which almost every budget has called for double-digit increases.

This year's budget, approved by the legislature, calls for more spending on a new rural health-care programme aimed at reversing the near collapse of rural medical services in recent years.

Patterson introduced Bill 211 to the legislature, calling for the establishment of the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission.