So this terrorist-watch-list legislation is a bandaid nowhere near the wound that matters.
In addition to the changes listed, legislation should facilitate the development of job ladders by providing money to promote the upgrading of employees.
He is now listing legislation which has been reformed in the past few years to give same-sex couples rights and entitlements.
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In a signal of just how committed Democrats are to using the gun issue in 2016, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee started running radio ads on Thursday blaming certain vulnerable Republicans for their refusal to take up the terrorist watch list gun legislation, using previous question votes with the gun legislation attached to make a tenuous attack.
On Friday, Mr. Obama will head to Minnesota for an economics event at which he will urge Congressional action on his "to do" list of legislation.
In Saturday's paper, I wrote about the repercussions of a Congressional decision in April to remove the gray wolf from the endangered species list through legislation.
Updated at 6.32pm GMT 12.05pm GMT My predecessor on the eco audit, Leo Hickman, trawled through the list of legislation on the chopping block in 2012.
Let the election victor tell us what he intends, inspire us with optimism and breathe life into a dry list of legislation.
In turn, Mr. Kerry now vows to restore the nation's esteem in the world, as he tries to frame 35 years in government as "a lifetime of service and strength" rather than a lengthy list of legislation.
Wednesday marks the official opening of Parliament in the United Kingdom: an ancient ritual in which the monarch, decked out in full royal regalia, including the Imperial State Crown, reads out a list of legislation that the government hopes to get passed in the coming twelve months.
