Sentence examples for play legislative from inspiring English sources

But he said Democrats would do well to play legislative small ball.

Obama's sheer popularity will make it harder for members of Congress to water down regulations, but his willingness to play legislative hardball has already score a major victory over another key bank lobby priority: student loan subsidies.

Congress has been playing legislative Ping-Pong with these credits for months.

After outlining how the companies take advantage of their customers and how they're nearly impossible to regulate -- "it's like playing legislative Whac-A-Mole... .. -- Oliver enlisted the help of Sarah Silverman to encourage Americans to do "literally anything else" for a loan.

He looked foolish in this endeavor because as the candidate, he was no longer able to play a useful legislative role.

A couple of years ago, when the Republicans took over the House of Representatives, I asked Grover Norquist, the Republican Svengali figure, what part Ryan would play in the coming legislative battle about the budget.

Canadians are divided about the role their military should play in Afghanistan after legislative approval for the country's current combat mission in the province of Kandahar ends in February 2009.

We're trying to play middlemen through this legislative process".

WHAT role are many families of the Newtown, Conn., shooting victims playing in the legislative process?

With its tag line, Shreve's is playing off the legislative battle that will allow voters to weigh in on same-sex weddings as early as 2006.

It remains to be seen how the game will play out over a long legislative session.