Sentence examples for normal legislature from inspiring English sources

During the get-together, the president reportedly suggested that for once Congress just raise the ceiling like a normal legislature.

Speaking out, conferring on differences, even passing bills -- these are the things that a normal legislature does to represent its constituents.

Committees Everywhere In a normal, modern legislature, the committee is where bills are drafted, after research by the staff, public hearings and consultations with the experts.

Whether or not to drop bombs on another country with which we're not at war is a pretty darn significant decision, and in a democratic country, it's perfectly normal for the legislature to have an equal say.

IN TEXAS the legislature's normal sessions last for just 140 days every other year.

The last provincial election had been held in June 1917, and four years was the normal life of a legislature in Canada.

The two versions were slightly different, a normal outcome that sane legislatures settle in a conference committee.

Two other states (Rhode Island and Arkansas) have this requirement for budgets and several others have it for raising taxes, but only California has it for both.If California's legislature contained moderates, normal fiscal management might still be imaginable.

In the legislature on a normal day a lawmaker may have his head back, mouth open, snoring loudly in his chair, while next to him another sips from a beer-can wrapped in a piece of paper.

Langston University was established by Oklahoma's territorial legislature in 1897 as the Colored Agricultural and Normal (teacher-training) University.

Another concern was that when deadlocks occurred, state legislatures found themselves unable to conduct their normal business; James Christian Ure, writing in the South Texas Law Review, notes that this did not in fact occur.