lawmaker
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During a visit to Taipei last month, Republican lawmaker Young Kim said "time is short".
From Barron's ● Aug. 27, 2026
A veteran lawmaker who served 12 years in Congress, Bass has attempted to torpedo Raman’s image as a foe of the status quo, pointing out she’s been on the council for nearly six years.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026
Kafwaya first become a lawmaker in 2016 and was appointed by then-President Edgar Lungu as the for minister for works in 2018 and moved to the transport ministry the following year.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
“Misha’s on his own here,” the lawmaker said, using another version of Fedorov’s first name.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
No northern lawmaker ever will permit such barbarity.
From Our Vanishing Wild Life Its Extermination and Preservation by William Temple Hornaday
Like other local lawmakers, she said she also wants to see more done to assure that jobs and other economic benefits from the Games help her constituents.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026
But lawmakers wouldn’t stop at a 5% rate.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
To end this evasion, lawmakers must target the two main advantages shell companies enjoy: their complex structure and their tax exemption.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 27, 2026
A $21-billion state wildfire fund that Newsom and lawmakers created in 2019 to protect the state’s three big utilities from bankruptcy after a fire is reimbursing Edison for its payments to victims.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026
Though most parts of France agreed to this, lawmakers in Paris hesitated.
From "Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science" by Marc Aronson
