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lawmaker

[law-may-ker] / ˈlɔˌmeɪ kər /


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As a doctor and state lawmaker, Pan said, he worked to expand healthcare and address the needs of his community.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 11, 2026

Researcher Harshvardhan Pandit echoed lawmaker concerns about liability in the bloc.

From Barron's ● Oct. 6, 2026

Bass, 72, is a veteran lawmaker who served in Sacramento and Washington D.C., before coming to City Hall.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

Voters “like people who like themselves, are confident in what they are doing and why they are doing it,” says Emily Thornberry, a Labour lawmaker.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

Stephen Dartrey is a brilliant writer, a great orator, and an inspired lawmaker.

From Nobody's Man by E. Phillips (Edward Phillips) Oppenheim

Studies have shown that nearly all women lawmakers experience harassment, despite being a smaller portion of representatives, and threats of violence prevent women from running for office.

From Salon ● Oct. 10, 2026

Despite months of talks between Sramek’s team, Mashburn and state lawmakers, trying to hammer out a better one, Saronic said in June it had picked Texas.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026

And on Friday, Goktas said she had sued three Yeni lawmakers for slander and vowed to pursue "media outlets that spread these allegations".

From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026

But the BBC investigation sparked a public outcry and led to calls from lawmakers for an investigation, after which the government announced a comprehensive review.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

After the convention, the leadership presented this declaration, plus a petition with eight thousand signatures supporting women’s suffrage, to the Ohio lawmakers revising the state’s constitution.

From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling




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