Sentence examples for legislature until from inspiring English sources

"The president of the republic has conferred on me the mandate to verify the possibility of forming a new government which has a parliamentary majority and which can allow the continuance of the legislature (until 1988)," she said.

Tobago had its own bicameral legislature until 1874.

The chamber is the sole legislature until parliamentary elections, handling delicate matters like the election laws.

He went on to be re-elected in every legislature until 1992.

Darányi then served as president of the legislature until his death.

He was elected to Parliament in 1951 and remained in the legislature until his death.

Acts of attainder or of pains and penalties were passed by some of the American colonial legislatures until the Constitution forbade them.

Members of the U.S. Senate were appointed by state legislatures until the early 20th century.

He made repeated attempts, starting in 1907, to propose a constitutional amendment providing for the direct public election of US Senators, in place of election by state legislatures, until the Senate passed the Seventeenth Amendment to this effect in 1911.

Kennedy, who is often key to Supreme Court decisions, took a different tack during the oral arguments, noting that U.S. senators were chosen by state legislatures until 1913, when a constitutional amendment gave that power to the people.

With McKinley's candidacy needing little of his attention, Hanna spent much of his time working to secure Sherman's re-election by the Ohio Legislature (senators were elected by state legislatures until the ratification of the 17th Amendment in 1913) by raising funds to gain the election of Republican candidates.