Sentence examples for work of legislation from inspiring English sources

"They can go home, don't have to do the grimy work of legislation.

Nahid Afrose Kabir Cambridge, Mass., Aug. 26, 2009 • To the Editor: Senator Edward M. Kennedy could have coasted on his name, but he chose instead to devote himself to the hard work of legislation in the fields of health care, labor and education, as well as to principled opposition to unnecessary military adventurism.

Two members of Congress have started work on legislation that would repeal the act.

The European Parliament, she added, would be asked to work on legislation covering the sharing of airline passenger data.

I get personal calls every election season from members themselves who allocate hours every day to make fund-raising calls instead of working on legislation.

So it's no surprise that when news surfaced of Republicans working on legislation to help the children of undocumented immigrants, advocates and Democrats alike have been cautious in their response.

Similarly, we need leaders to not postpone the work of responsible legislation.

"Now that we have the completed study in hand, we will move forward with the work of crafting legislation to make the park expansion a reality," Schiff said in the statement.

In so doing they'd have the help of a handful of conservative intellectuals who have actually taken this issue seriously and started the hard work of designing legislation.

PATIENTS' BILL OF RIGHTS -- Congress spent hundreds of hours working on legislation to define patients' rights, but adjourned without agreeing on any measure.

The report comes as a bipartisan group of senators works on legislation to end all lawsuits related to asbestos and create a $100 billion trust fund to compensate victims of asbestos disease.