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I love working the legislative process.
I'm leery of legislative solutions to what is morality.
The best legislative initiative - is the absence of one.
We tend to talk, Democrats, as a party, in legislative terms.
Nothing happens in any legislative body that's not purposeful.
The constitution controls any legislative act repugnant to it.
I'm running for governor; I'm not running for a legislative office.
Redistricting is one of the purest actions a legislative body can take.
I will not use my legislative powers except in a very limited framework.
I'm the only person that has ever run a principle-based legislative body.
Listening to the people I serve is a critical component of any legislative effort.
Exhaustion and exasperation are frequently the handmaidens of legislative decision.
Legislative novelty is not necessarily fatal; there is a first time for everything.
First, the American legislative process isn't well suited to large and complex measures.
We mistake politics for legislative debate. You can be passionate without being personal.
The digitization of our society is a challenge that is both legislative and philosophical.
Good union leaders make excellent public leaders in the legislative and executive branches.
What has Dianne Feinstein done... I'll put my legislative background up against hers any day.
Financial regulatory reform is one of the top legislative priorities of the Obama Administration.
My name is Kevin de Leon, and I am the president of the most progressive legislative house in America.
A page is turning for me. I won't be candidate in legislative elections, nor in any elections to come.
Only legislative, judicial, and executive action can completely guarantee the victory of the free world.
Americans firmly rejected Republican legislative efforts to repeal the ACA - only 17 percent supported it.
I've been ostracized before in legislative bodies for voting against the majority. That doesn't bother me.
I just want to work with legislative council members from across the political spectrum to get things done.
It typically takes bipartisan work to build enough consensus to get things through our legislative process.
The Supreme Court and courts in general have been usurping the role of the legislative branch of government.
There is no legislative change that can be made to make up for an economy that's not growing and not expanding.
Obama's endorsement of gay marriage is hardly as consequential as Johnson's legislative success on civil rights.
I love my district, the 37th Legislative District in Washington State, where I have lived for more than 20 years.
The corporate lobby in Washington is basically designed to stifle all legislative activity on behalf of consumers.
The executive branch has grown too strong, the judicial branch too arrogant and the legislative branch too stupid.
The principles of a free constitution are irrecoverably lost, when the legislative power is nominated by the executive.
Safety has been my top legislative priority. I'm driven by the idea that safety is really a core function of government.
All legislative experiments in the way of making forcible distribution of the wealth produced in any country have failed.
Upon you, fellow-citizens, as the representatives of the States and the people, is wisely devolved the legislative power.
Clearly there are always unintended consequences of any legislative or regulatory act that's taken in the heat of battle.
Connectivity is important to our state, including the opportunity for our citizens to see our legislative process at work.
I've been very thankful in my state legislative career to have gotten support from both the MPAA and various movie studios.
The Constitution gives the Congress absolute authority within the District of Columbia on any legislative issues whatsoever.
Bringing in timely laws that are the need of the hour requires nimbleness to get through the necessary legislative processes.
There can be no doubt that the practice of opening legislative sessions with prayer has become part of the fabric of our society.
I will be Madame Frexit if the European Union doesn't give us back our monetary, legislative, territorial, and budget sovereignty.
The court's authority must be clear, and it must not blatantly intervene in the decisions of the legislative and executive branches.
Being 'at the mercy of legislative majorities' is merely another way of describing the basic American plan: representative democracy.
Ideas matter. Legislative proposals matter. Slick campaigns and dazzling speeches can work for a while, but the magic always wears off.
There's a lot of bipartisan rancor, a lot of excessive delegation of legislative power from the legislative branch to the executive branch.
We all understand that compromise is part of the legislative process, yet at the same time, I would submit that wilderness is not for sale.
This bill is the legislative equivalent of crack. It yields a short-term high but does long-term damage to the system and it's expensive to boot.
Americans need to be engaged and invested in the legislative process that affects their daily lives, otherwise we are just democracy in name only.