Sentence examples for of individual legislators from inspiring English sources
Scouring the congressional record for "sound-bites" to divine and disparage the motives of individual legislators also chills the freedom of legislative speech that is the hallmark of robust democratic debate.
These are criminal acts of individual legislators.
Other protections can be put in place, but they shouldn't be the province of individual legislators.
The problem is no longer primarily the venality of individual legislators but rather the institutional political corruption that flows from inadequately regulated campaign contributions (particularly from wealthy individuals and corporate interests, and usually in support of incumbents).
What is expressed in these laws is not the mental states of individual legislators, but a general way of regulating human relations.
The final spending plan wraps up 12 individual appropriation bills in a 1582-page package that is stuffed with provisions that address the concerns of individual legislators.
That does not include contributions to individual legislators.
One reason for Colwell's pleasure is that in NSF's case, Congress largely avoided the earmarks--pet projects of individual legislators--that are taking a record bite out of NASA's budget.
I think most of the individual legislators are in denial".
The budget that eventually emerges after months of interest group lobbying is the product not of a coherent government plan, but of horse-trading among individual legislators, who always find it easier to achieve consensus by exchanging spending increases for tax cuts.
After the deadline, bills can only be raised out of committees not by individual legislators.
