With the midterm elections on the horizon, lawmakers seemed in a big hurry for reform.

The lawmakers seemed to find the new language ambiguous.

So far, lawmakers seem to have suffered little at the polls.

Some lawmakers seem not to have grasped the fact that the courts are not a private club.

Both the governor and the lawmakers seemed to feel that it was austere to the point of irresponsibility.

While Oregon's lawmakers seem to be further along in trying to undo term limits than other states', they are hardly alone.

Yet few lawmakers and corrections professionals seemed to have considered the consequences.

The lawmakers do not seem to resent being kept out of sight at the convention.

Connecticut operates on a two-year budget, though lawmakers and the governor never seem to be able to avoid changing it every year.

But the lawmakers seem to have been persuaded more by the insurance industry's arguments than by official reports.