Sentence examples for over legislative from inspiring English sources

He thinks creatively, too — pushing one good-government initiative after another, from turning over legislative redistricting to nonpartisan retired judges to cutting school budgets by consolidating their purchasing and health plans.

The long and brutal health-care fight had caused a rift in the White House over legislative strategy.

In no fewer than 11 states that plumped for Mr Obama in 2008, Republicans hope to win over legislative chambers.

Also, some fights will be over legislative language known as riders that are attached to spending bills.

The political impact could be significant, particularly as both parties are beginning what will probably be a protracted fight over legislative and Congressional redistricting.

But they said the president wanted to avoid using the speeches as a negotiating platform over legislative programs, saying he would not offer a to-do list for Congress.

The king thus took over the legislative functions, and the thing became courts presided over by royal judges (lagmenn).

How a bill becomes a law: In Sacramento, some lawmakers are perfectly happen to turn over their legislative duties to lobbyists.

The chief justice, wrote Mr Toobin, "has sided with the prosecution over the defendant, the state over the condemned, the executive branch over the legislative, and the corporate defendant over the individual plaintiff".

The big struggle is less over specific legislative agendas and more over who controls the narrative and frames the issues.

When the Democrats took over Nassau County's legislative branch this month, there was a lot of talk about bipartisanship.