Under Brower, the Sierra Club became a truly potent force affecting legislation that had to do with the use of the land, the sea, & the atmosphere.
Any legislation less potent than Nassau's would be a clear loss for the mayor, who has brought the same passion and commitment to this legislation that he did to his crusade to gain control of the public school system during the summer.
For more than a week, the Senate had been heading toward today's critical test of strength between Mr. McCain and his close friend Mr. Hagel, whose proposal was considered the most comprehensive and potent challenge to the McCain-Feingold legislation.
Democrats say the legislation will rob Republicans of a potent issue by giving Democrats an opportunity to vote for more drilling and claim credit for responding to high gas prices.
They consider it civil rights legislation, but insurers and employers -- potent lobby groups who view it as a costly and unnecessary new mandate -- have largely succeeded in blocking it.
Mr. Tauzin and Mr. Dingell, working together, are a potent combination and perhaps the major reason that the legislation has traveled so far.
Although the Justice Department lawsuit was an ill-conceived attempt to achieve through litigation what couldn't be achieved through legislation, the impulse that drove it remains potent.
This will resonate and become potent ammunition (pun intended) for opponents of proposed, post-Newtown gun control legislation.
U.S. Rep. Mark Kirk will call for legislation Monday that would toughen drug-trafficking laws regarding a highly potent form of marijuana, with penalties of up to 25 years in prison for a first-time offense.
U.S. Rep. Mark Kirk will call for legislation Monday that would toughen drug trafficking laws regarding a highly-potent form of marijuana, with penalties of up to 25 years in prison for a 1st-time offense.
