Sentence examples for set by lawmakers from inspiring English sources

Under the timetable set by lawmakers, the Legislature would take up the plan by the end of March.

In January, President Barack Obama rejected a permit for Keystone XL in response to congressional legislation, saying that the State Department did not have enough time to review it within the 60-day deadline set by lawmakers.

The official government designation came nine years after Congress asked the agency to establish a uniform definition for companies wishing to label their products gluten-free and five years after the deadline set by lawmakers.

In California, the cost of teachers' pensions is split among the state, the school districts and the teachers themselves — but the state's contribution rate is set by lawmakers in Sacramento, and they have not increased it to make up for what was lost in the two big market crashes of the last decade.

The agency's own Office of Inspector General found in 2008 that the E.P.A. failed over a 20-year period to notify Congress that it was not reaching the goals set by lawmakers to reduce indoor radon exposure and that the E.P.A. never seriously considered an alternative approach.

The limits are set by lawmakers in Congress, which is made up of two houses, the Senate and the House of Representatives.

And there is an added complication: The annual pension contributions are set by state lawmakers in Sacramento, not by Calstrs.

The debt ceiling is a cap on the total amount the US government can borrow, set by US lawmakers.

He was referring to more than five years of policies set by conservative Republican lawmakers who, among other things, slashed education spending, promoted charter schools and school vouchers without ensuring sufficient accountability and oversight, and eliminated due-process rights for many teachers.

The early rumblings of another turbulent session for higher education recently began, set off by lawmakers' accusations that regents of the University of Texas System — all appointed by Gov. Rick Perry — are "micromanaging" its flagship institution.

As HMRC's chief executive and permanent secretary Lin Homer said, "We are duty bound to collect and investigate under regulations, set out by lawmakers, not on what 'you'd like' us to collect on".