legislature
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Any potential buyer should be keeping a close eye on a bill slowly winding its way through the state legislature this year.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026
With these projections, the Liberals hold 173 seats, or just over half of the 343 in the national legislature.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026
The midterm elections are scheduled for November, and will feature races for the US House of Representatives, a third of the US Senate, and multiple governor and state legislature races.
From BBC • Mar. 24, 2026
A regulator—a federal agency, a state legislature or an attorney general—wants a certain behavior from an AI developer, a police department or a hospital.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026
During her first term in Congress, the Montana legislature changed the boundaries of its voting districts, and Rankin found herself in a politically unfavorable area.
From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling
Vocabulary lists containing legislature
U.S. Government Lingo
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The American Revolution - Introductory
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