Sentence examples for present lawmakers from inspiring English sources

Robert M. Ward, the House Republican leader, said that while the question over Mr. Rowland's future is always present, lawmakers are striving to remain open-minded and discreet.

The House plan, to be approved by the Budget Committee this week, will present lawmakers with some tough decisions through its potential reductions in spending on food stamps and school lunch programs, Medicaid and farm subsidies, among others.

At present, lawmakers are drafting laws to prevent and prosecute the perpetrators of these crimes.

Mr. Medvedev on Monday presented lawmakers with a draft measure that would restore the direct election of governors.

It presents lawmakers with a crucial decision on which candidate they think can shape a message and an agenda that can broaden the party's appeal to voters.

The following month, he summoned the legislature into special session and presented lawmakers with thirty bills, many of which he had drafted himself.

The Audubon Society of New York State and Connecticut, Save the Sound Inc. and the Regional Plan Association presented lawmakers on Monday with a report compiled after 10 public forums held last summer on the future of Long Island Sound.

A Senate leadership aide at the time, stunned by what she considered White House lassitude, explained why even people inclined to help Obama would vote against the measure: Obama had decreed Guantánamo be closed without presenting lawmakers with a specific plan they could defend to skeptical constituents.

"The unsustainable nature of the federal government's current tax and spending policies presents lawmakers and the public with difficult choices," the office said in its report.

WASHINGTON -- Earlier this year, Missouri business leaders presented lawmakers with a six-point plan they said would bring jobs to the state during tough economic times.

Colorado's Democratic Governor John Hickenlooper today is presenting lawmakers with a budget that does not include any major spending cuts for the first time in years.