Others seek to have the Legislature put affirmative action on the next election ballot for a statewide vote of approval or disapproval.

Instead, the Legislature put together its own budget in the open, with widespread participation by legislators of both parties and both houses.

Then the Legislature put a limit on how fast assessments could rise in the homeowners' property class.

The Legislature put that figure higher, with the Senate estimating it at $2 billion for 1987.

Instead of trying to curtail the problem, the Legislature has put the burden on the little guy.

Mr. Lindsay said the Legislature put only $5.5 million worth of member items in the 2007 budget, a 44 percent cut from the previous year.

At the same time, the Legislature had put the utilities in a vise.

This is the budget that the governor and the Legislature put together with smoke and mirrors last spring.

Five months later, the Legislature put him in charge of the system.

In pragmatic terms, of course, no district attorney can afford to pursue hotly every law the Legislature has put on the books.