Sentence examples for to devise legislation from inspiring English sources

The commission's biggest test was to devise legislation that would allow public financing of campaigns, the surest way to end Albany's pay-to-play culture.

Mr. Quinn asked lawmakers to devise legislation that would include two rival plans — one advanced by Mr. Madigan and the other by the Senate president, John Cullerton.

Many of these politicians began meeting with labor leaders and other groups last year to devise legislation aimed at curbing police abuse.

WASHINGTON — Hoping to stave off the expiration of dozens of farm programs and a return to an antiquated 1949 farm law that could lead to a doubling of the price of milk, Senate and House leaders worked Friday to devise legislation that would extend the current farm bill.

James R. Locher, a former Congressional aide who helped draft the 1986 Goldwater-Nichols Act that brought greater coordination among the different branches of the military, is now leading a nonpartisan consortium of Washington policy and research groups that is trying to devise legislation to enhance the "unity of effort" among different branches of the government.

Other proposals include: publicly funded software and hardware to help teach programming; a voluntary "digital citizen passport" to create a secure portable identity; and more use of technology to debate and devise legislation.

Rather than dictating a set of rules that will become out of date as the markets evolve, policy makers should devise legislation that ensures that regulators have the authority to tackle the issue of size and all potential systemic risks.

Mr. Green noted that he had helped devise legislation under which nightclubs could not be opened within 500 feet of a residence, and said he supported "cracking down on nightclubs where there are credible reports of drug use, of under-age drinking".

The Legislature ought to use that time to devise new legislation that protects immigrants without driving up fees prohibitively.

Mr. Kean and Mr. Hamilton are scheduled to testify Friday at a hearing of the Senate Governmental Affairs Committee, which has been given the role in the Senate of devising legislation to respond to the commission's report.

The Bush administration spends billions spreading freedom abroad while at home it devises legislation to deny equal rights to gays and lesbians.