lawmaker
Example Sentences
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In a 75 to 24 vote, lawmakers opted to remove the 39-year-old leader, just four months after he had taken office.
Wolf protections are getting a downgrade across the European Union, after EU lawmakers last year approved reducing wolves' status from "strictly protected" to "protected".
From Barron's
Other opponents of the Kirk-themed holidays have questioned why lawmakers are prioritizing the issue over more material issues that might have a bigger impact on their constituents’ lives.
From Salon
The bill passed its first reading unanimously on 5 February but lawmakers failed to approve it as scheduled last week as they could not agree on how it should be applied.
From BBC
But lawmakers only applied that rule to future disasters.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.