"lawmaker" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- Mr. Byrd and other lawmakers have pressed the Japanese to buy American coal, the Prime Minister said.
- Some lawmakers from both parties have pressed the administration to maintain financing levels for energy efficiency programs, but they say the administration has stood firm.
- The proposals stand a good chance of passage on Capitol Hill, where Republican lawmakers have been pressing for Federal counterterrorism programs.
- Meanwhile, lawmakers pressed hard to win approval for pet tax breaks that had been lying around for years but rejected on previous occasions.
- Alaskan lawmakers are pressing for federal aid for a pipeline project.
- Brazilian lawmakers pressed forward today with an inquiry into allegations of inside information leaks at the country's central bank.
- At a hearing today of the House Armed Services Committee, lawmakers pressed military service chiefs on personnel problems.
- He said that lawmakers would nonetheless press for sweeping legislation calling for tougher actions against American trading partners deemed to be engaged in unfair practices.
- Some Democratic lawmakers have been pressing for a boycott of the select committee, arguing that to participate might lend credibility to a process they view as rigged.
- The issue arose as a result of the Iran-contra affair, and lawmakers had been pressing for legislation that would have subjected all covert operations to reporting within 48 hours.
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