Sentence examples for outside lawmakers from inspiring English sources

Indeed, with their big bills out of the way and a near-perfect spring day beckoning from outside, lawmakers seemed usually giddy today, like college kids in their final class before spring break.

Those efforts began Friday, when thousands of Obama supporters were deployed through more than 80 Congressional districts around the country to rally outside lawmakers' offices, hold vigils and bombard Congress with e-mails and phone calls urging members to support stricter background checks for gun buyers.

This year, people who have mental illness in their families and organizations for the mentally ill stepped up the pressure, demonstrating noisily outside lawmakers' offices, the Senate chambers and even at a nearby baseball stadium where Mr. Bruno was throwing out the ceremonial first pitch at a game.

And a simple reform to change that -- allowing private sector funding to increase admissions -- remains outside of lawmakers priorities list.

Disclosure of lawmakers' outside incomes appears to be robust.

Riot police officers used truncheons and shields to beat back protesting lawmakers outside Parliament on Sunday.

So, too, will progress be difficult without support from lawmakers outside Florida.

Missouri lawmakers outside Kansas City have long complained about the city schools' drawing a disproportionate share of education spending.

And it comes as Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo is seeking more aggressive and independent enforcement of state ethics laws and broader disclosure of lawmakers' outside employment.

Mr. Keffer said outside groups watch lawmakers' actions, and "if I start looking like I'm just an oil and gas guy, then my credibility is destroyed".

But public opposition to the new tax was clear Tuesday as a small but vehement group of demonstrators clashed with police outside Parliament as lawmakers voted.