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Even when it had a Republican governor and solid Republican majorities in its state legislature, it never got close to restricting abortion.Mr Giuliani's mix of fiscal conservatism and social liberalism is a good fit for a state whose motto is "live free or die"—and which, appropriately, has no helmet requirement for motorcyclists or seat-belt requirement for anyone over 12.

Talossa has its own constitution and legislature; it allows "foreigners" to become citizens, take part in elections and formulate policy.

Comey essentially told the legislature it was too slow.

Life in a fractured legislature, it seems, is not much fun.

Although the party controlled the state legislature, it had not yet embraced emancipation.

But in California, home to America's most polarised legislature, it effectively gave the minority party (ie, the Republicans) veto power.

The EU is not a democratic state and the European Parliament is not a proper legislature, it said.

"The whole expenses scandal has shaken public confidence in the legislature, it has angered the public," he said.

Because the government has a paper-thin majority in the legislature, it would need the opposition to go along.

"If there was ever an issue that was designed for the national legislature, it is this issue".

Shortly before his 1861 inauguration, he told the Ohio legislature: "It is a good thing that there is no more than anxiety, for there is nothing going wrong".