Sentence examples for professional lawmakers from inspiring English sources

The more he's criticized, the stronger he appears to become, and the closer we come to returning to the worst excesses of Jacksonian democracy – where populism is valued over all else and professional lawmakers are seen as enemies to be vanquished.

CVS Caremark Corp.'s imminent exit from the cigarette and tobacco business — an unprecedented move for a major pharmacy company — is being cheered by many medical professionals and lawmakers as a triumph of corporate responsibility over the bottom line.

Jack Gullahorn, a Texas ethics expert who represents the state's trade association for lobbyists, said that if constituents knew their lawmakers' professional or personal ties, they would be fine with them 9 times out of 10.

"We welcome an independent review by the inspector general's office so that these latest claims by professional activists and lawmakers who are adamantly opposed to our pipeline project can be addressed," said the spokesman, Terry Cunha.

The center found that, on average: *One in four legislators sat on a statehouse committee that regulated the lawmakers' own professional or business interests.

Growing attention to the long-term risks of concussions for professional athletes has Missouri lawmakers joining those in at least a half-dozen states seeking to require the benching of injured younger players, for whom concussion dangers are even greater.

But Mr. Robertson differs with Mr. Kelberman and other critics who say the legislature needs to be made a full-time body with enough professional staff to reduce the lawmakers' risk of becoming overly dependent on lobbyists.

Hiroshi Hase, a governing party lawmaker and former professional wrestler who like Mr. Mori is from Ishikawa Prefecture in central Japan, said the speech left him disappointed.

A measles outbreak in a North Texas megachurch, where vaccinations were discouraged, and soaring rates of whooping cough across the state are drawing renewed calls for immunization legislation, which some lawmakers and medical professionals argue would help the state prevent and respond to public health crises.

By adopting the new guidelines, he said, the association hopes to bolster public confidence in museums and also demonstrate to lawmakers that museum professionals are eager to devise their own rules to deal with the potential conflicts of interest often inherent in exhibitions of private collections.

3D printing is bound to result in upheaval and new concerns not only for manufacturers of cheap, easily replicated goods, but also for lawmakers and security professionals worldwide, especially with big money and talent like the new Stratasys/MakerBot 3D-printing giant trying to democratize the process.