Sentence examples for of state legislative from inspiring English sources

U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions is set to aggressively resurrect and intensify the War on Drugs and a dozen of state legislative bodies are introducing new legislation criminalizing protest.

In a year that has seen a wave of state legislative attacks coming from corporations and the right wing, a conference of state legislators from all over the nation taking place this week in San Antonio is proving to be a bright spot for those standing up for the middle class and working families.

In 2008, Democrats held nearly sixty per cent of state legislative chambers.

Although Republicans in November won control of state legislative chambers and governorships around the country, Democrats held onto control here.

She is the director of state legislative affairs for Families Against Mandatory Minimums, a criminal justice advocacy organization in Washington.

"I'm concerned about all of them and secretaries of state, legislative officers, mayors, sheriffs," Mr. Steele said.

In fact, 33percentt of state legislative-district elections in 2012 were uncontested.

After the 2010 elections, the Republican Party gained control of 53percentt of the state legislative seats in the country, the most it has had since 1928.

Some get fielded by political parties to the upper house of Parliament, where ostensibly no election expenses are involved and the electoral college consists of only members of the state legislative assemblies.

Section 2: Districts represented by members of Congress, or by members of any state legislative body, shall be compact and composed of contiguous territory.

In Indiana, an expansive bill became one of the most controversial of the state legislative session, drawing heated opposition from labor groups and the state press association, which said the measure violated the First Amendment.