Before they consider the issue once again, though, lawmakers should try to come up with a more thoughtful solution.

Among all this youth, equally repressed lawmakers try to focus on the business at hand.

By tonight, the lawmakers tried to forget all the fighting and put the best partisan light on their weekend.

These are the families I think lawmakers are trying to address and it's a complicated issue.

To uncover their true identity is to understand why lawmakers have tried so hard keep them secret.

In 1964, some lawmakers unsuccessfully tried to write affirmative action out of the legislation.

Many lawmakers were also trying to figure out how to deal with the court's deadline of May 17.

The main event takes place over the next couple of weeks, as lawmakers try to strike a budget deal by an April 1 deadline.

But these days, far fewer lawmakers try to balance two careers.

Looking to the Future Some lawmakers have tried to focus the debate on the longer term.