legislation
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Collins highlighted the legislation she’s gotten passed and the federal funding she secured for projects in Maine from her powerful position leading the Senate Appropriations Committee.
From Salon ● Oct. 12, 2026
They discuss the ins and outs of government debt, the idea of state bankruptcy, and what lessons can be learned for future legislation.
From Slate ● Oct. 12, 2026
Speaking at a business summit in Manchester, Burnham confirmed his government would press ahead with new legislation to ensure the clauses can "no longer be a barrier" to hiring new staff.
From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026
He said he thinks the AI industry faces “a different mission, and the legislation is not as ripe as it was in the crypto debate.”
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026
I start to put the booklet back, telling myself I’m not writing a book about Southern legislation, this is a waste of my time.
From "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett
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Ms Khalaf said the sentence handed to Tiba's father was "unfair", and that she saw such cases as evidence of "provisions and legislations that violate women's rights".
From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2023
Rep. Pramila Jayapal still has the confidence of the various factions of her party, as well as the White House, to negotiate some passable legislations.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 26, 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
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
But this instinct does not account for the obvious differences between the Hebrew Decalogue as a whole and the legislations of other peoples.
From The Christian View of the Old Testament by Frederick Carl Eiselen
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