legislation
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It also reports that the Church of England will raise "concerns" with MPs and peers scrutinising draft legislation to crack down on conversion practices, as part of the paper's campaign to scrap the bill.
From BBC ● Nov. 7, 2026
The deal made in Paris had to be ratified in the U.S. with enabling legislation and money voted to pay the bill.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026
If the legislation were to pass, Los Angeles would see its latest sunrise of the year at 8 a.m.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 6, 2026
If this does not happen they will oppose the legislation despite supporting other measures contained within it.
From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2026
Next came legislation that guaranteed equal pay for equal work in public employment.
From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling
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Kishida returned to Tokyo on Saturday after a nine-day trip and apparently faced pressure from his governing party executives to make a quick decision on Terada before discussions on key legislations resume Monday.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 20, 2022
Psyllou, who provides corporate registrations for clients through her own Cyprus company, Interstatus, said in a follow-up e-mail to Reuters on Thursday that her company “strictly complies with legislations and reports to relevant Regulators”.
From Reuters ● Jan. 22, 2021
Women's rights activists said they hoped other European countries would follow Sweden and approve similar legislations.
From BBC ● May 24, 2018
I think it discredits those who pass these legislations, those who adopt them and those who implement them more than anything else.
From US News ● Dec. 21, 2015
This was the culmination of a long series of the most infamous legislations which ever disgraced a statute book.
From Ku Klux Klan Its Origin, Growth and Disbandment by J. C. Lester
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