Sentence examples for office of legislation from inspiring English sources

Until last month she was a congressional affairs specialist with the office of legislation of the Food and Drug Administration in Rockville, Md. She graduated from Pomona College and has a law degree from Catholic University of America.

California took another route last year when Gov. Gray Davis, shortly before he was forced out of office, signed legislation requiring businesses with 50 or more workers to provide insurance or pay into a pool to cover the uninsured.

But in order to win office or get a piece of legislation passed, politicians must appeal to these people's sense of what is right or not right.

As Jason Linkins outlined, while in office Michele Bachmann had zero pieces of legislation signed into law and she never wielded a gavel in any government committee or subcommittee.

Two members of the House Judiciary Committee, which has oversight of the office, announced legislation this month that would make the office independent.

It also put the government at high risk of being voted out of office this week before securing passage of legislation to authorize steep tax increases and spending cuts required by the International Monetary Fund and the European Central Bank as part of the bailout plan.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 — Although Rudolph W. Giuliani is campaigning as President Bush's staunch ally in the war on terror, his law office has lobbied Congress on behalf of legislation that the Bush administration calls a threat to antiterrorism efforts in the Horn of Africa.

Another possibility: the Home Office was selectively leaking a threat of legislation ahead of today's meeting, to try to encourage internet companies to come up with alternative fixes.

While his efforts have been going on ever since he took office, his recent pro-active introduction of legislation to kill Kendra's Law, is the last straw.

Throwing the weight of his office behind legislation that still faces considerable obstacles in Albany, Mr. Paterson said he would leverage the personal relationships he developed over two decades in the State Senate to see the bill voted on — and passed.

Gail: It's been a long time since I gave a 50 percent chance to any piece of legislation larger than renaming a post office.