He challenged his rivals to end the Iraq war by legislative fiat and make it a "felony" for the president to keep troops in Iraq.
All's fair in love and war and legislative games-playing.
The McGovern–Hatfield Amendment sought to end the Vietnam War by legislative means but was defeated in 1970 and 1971.
Democrats' anger over the Iraq war shaped the legislative agenda.
The state faces its steepest decline in revenue since World War II, a legislative report says.
The legislative war on terror epitomises Labour's approach to law-making as it has evolved over the past eight years.
Neither does Mr. Bush often throw himself into the red-hot center of a legislative war, as Mr. Clinton did.
Southern opponents were girding for full-scale legislative war that is almost certain to reach its climax in a drawn-out Senate filibuster.
A master strategist, Mr. Cicconi (pronounced si-CONE-ee) internalizes the art of regulatory and legislative war — and Operation Cupcake is but one of the efforts to come out of his shop.
Working jointly, the two chambers have the authority to amend the constitution, approve the budget, confirm presidential appointees, ratify treaties, declare war, and delegate legislative authority to the president for up to one year; each chamber also has exclusive powers.
