legislation
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“The bill is really to adjust to modern times and different families that you have today,” Sen. Luis Sepúlveda, a Bronx Democrat who sponsored the legislation, argued on the floor.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026
The development comes as legislation to enable the nationalisation of British Steel makes its way through Parliament.
From BBC • Jun. 12, 2026
As with most bills this year, the enemy of any near-term AI legislation is the calendar.
From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026
Those most affected by any legislation can’t knock on state representatives’ doors or write letters to Newsom, he said.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026
In keeping with the compromise character of the committee report, it gave the Deep South the protection it had demanded by denying congressional authority to pass any gradual emancipation legislation.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
Vocabulary lists containing legislation
Election Lingo
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13th Amendment (1865)
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19th Amendment (1920)
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