"legislator" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- But his campaign manager, Assemblyman John Faso of Kinderhook, acknowledged that even Republican legislators would resist a ban on any more state school aid.
- The public hearings, which seem to be attracting smaller audiences than in previous years, have included county residents asking the legislators to resist entreaties to restore cuts.
- But legislators have resisted, saying his insistence reflects unpatriotic doubts about the military Government's ability to run the canal.
- There will be great pressure to make a political choice, but legislators should resist that instinct and vote for the most able and independent candidate.
- Such a plan requires legislative approval in Albany, which could be difficult because the tax would apply to both residents and commuters, and upstate legislators usually resist raising commuter taxes.
- Under such pressure, how many legislators can resist seemingly innocuous legislation?
- Efforts to close New York's huge budget gap were never destined to go smoothly; legislators always resist budget cuts, especially nearing an election year.
- Business and labor groups and a key legislator are resisting the effort.
- As in Alabama, rural minorities held control in many state legislatures long after population had shifted to industrializing cities, and the legislators resisted business and modernizing interests.
- "In fact, they were so sweet that most legislators couldn't resist them."
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