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"legislator" Definitions
  1. a member of a group of people that has the power to make laws

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Georgia legislator seeks to override veto A Georgia legislator who supported HB 757, state Sen.
A woman legislator, on average, passed twice as many bills as a male legislator in one recent session of Congress.
In Nebraska, a current Republican state legislator and a former Republican state legislator have filed suit to block Medicaid expansion from officially going on November's ballot.
They "caused the voters who disagreed with the legislator to become about 27 percentage points more likely to agree with the legislator," Broockman and Butler wrote.
I'm not sure how I would vote as a state legislator on this public-policy question — and it might depend on which state I was a legislator in.
The governmental argument is — and I respect every legislator, I once upon a time was a local legislator, respect them all — but being an executive is just a different thing.
And, to put it bluntly, they just get more shit done: A female legislator, on average, passed twice as many bills as a male legislator in one recent session of Congress.
Ilhan Omar, a Democratic state legislator in Minnesota, and Rashida Tlaib, a Democratic former state legislator in Michigan, became the first Muslim women elected to Congress after winning their House races.
And, to put it bluntly, they just get more shit done: A woman legislator, on average, passed twice as many bills as a male legislator in one recent session of Congress.
Lawmakers generally do not make statements targeting religious or other groups, and even if one legislator is so boorish, the legislature as a whole can disavow that legislator as an outlier.
Eleven of those races were won by women, including the first openly transgender state legislator, the first Vietnamese-American legislator, and the first two Latinas to serve in the House of Delegates.
Months before the California vote, a colleague and I met with a representative of a state legislator (the legislator herself had declined to see us in person) to urge a "no" vote.
Mustafa Barghouti, a Palestinian legislator, said four protesters were injured.
Mong Palatino is a Filipino activist, blogger, and former legislator.
A backbench legislator is paid €4,600 a month, including expenses.
The statement was a response to state legislator Thamimun Ansari.
If a local legislator resigns, the committee nominates the replacement.
One was Sixtus Leung, the legislator who crossed his fingers.
"Yes, we are useless," a legislator named Roy Kwong conceded.
One Catholic legislator in Louisiana, speaking against a proposed eugenic
So the age doesn't affect your role as a legislator.
Why pay a legislator until she's legislated a spending plan?
As a state legislator, I promised to protect the environment.
"Wow, you killed a sea lion?" an impressed legislator asked.
You are not legislator in chief, you're commander in chief.
Engler, 70, is a Republican former Michigan governor and legislator.
Rep. Scott Taylor, former state legislator, first elected in 2016.
Doug Ducey, rejecting a state legislator who stressed his pragmatism.
She is a former Democratic state legislator, not a Republican.
"Women work it," said Ms. Tlaib, a former state legislator.
I remember introducing my first bill as a state legislator.
As a result, they wield disproportionate influence on legislator behavior.
The legislator said she raised both issues with House leadership.
Saccone, 60, is a state legislator and Air Force veteran.
He was elected from this district as a Montanan legislator.
He arrested a state legislator who had resisted calls to suspend habeas corpus, and then ordered the man guarding the legislator to arrest anyone trying to serve a write of habeas to free him.
Republicans have picked  Guy Reschenthaler , a state legislator and former judge.
He was widely regarded as an effective legislator and moderate Democrat.
She told no one — until that legislator suddenly resigned, in 2011.
On the App Store, Apple is legislator, judge, jury, and executioner.
To America's teens, I would say: Write to your state legislator.
She's not the first state legislator to make such a move.
"The [petro] is tailor-made for corruption," legislator Jorge Millan said.
Maduro first entered politics in 2003 as a National Assembly legislator.
A male legislator lobbied me and never noticed the nursing baby.
Opposition Kuomintang legislator Wang Yu-min had pushed for the change.
When your legislator moves on, you're more apt to be tapped.
One legislator who seems to understand the winning formula is Rep.
But a Japanese legislator said Russia had turned down the offer.
Usually the award goes to a legislator for positive action. Sen.
Leong, is a longstanding legislator and executive director of Yat Yuen.
Mr. Bentley, a dermatologist and low-profile legislator, was elected governor.
Ojeda isn't the only Democratic legislator to have voted for Trump.
" Human Rights Campaign president Alphonso David called Roem an "amazing legislator.
Much of her resiliency lies in her strength as a legislator.
"It's not a dictatorship," France Unbowed legislator Eric Coquerel told CNews.
Ironically, the legislator who allegedly threatened Rinaldi's life — Democrat State Rep.
Lucy Flores is a state legislator and congressional candidate in Nevada.
Concannon, the Kansas state legislator, repeatedly introduced a Medicaid expansion bill.
His father was mayor of Danbury before becoming a state legislator.
He became a symbol when what Arizona needed was a legislator.
Every legislator I've spoken to agrees we need to fix this.
Three years later, the Parliament was bombed, killing one prominent legislator.
Mr. Blum will be running against Abby Finkenauer, a state legislator.
She suggests reaching out to your legislator to make it happen.
John Patterson, a state legislator, tried to build interest and support.
"I think that's a real concern," said Ms. Conway, the legislator.
Her father, Joel, was a lawyer and a Maryland state legislator.
By experience and predisposition he was an executive, not a legislator.
One legislator who's been targeted with death threats, socialist Virginia Del.
It's not just as a legislator, it's as a working mom.
Ms. Eu is a barrister and former legislator in Hong Kong.
Legislator Michaelle Solages aims to outlaw virginity tests amid T.I. fallout.
As a legislator, Obama had never before been south of Springfield.
Imagine yourself as a typical Republican legislator under these political conditions.
And Green, an arch-conservative state legislator, could enter the contest.
If a single legislator crosses party lines, it will be news.
Ilhan Omar, a Democratic state legislator in Minnesota, and Rashida Tlaib, a former Democratic state legislator in Michigan, became the first Muslim women elected to Congress after winning their House races, according to The Associated Press.
Georgia in 1915, included a former governor, judge, mayor and state legislator,
One said the legislator thrust his crotch at her during a hug.
Abrams beat Stacey Evans, a successful attorney and legislator, to the nomination.
She introduced herself, saying she's a state legislator and is out canvassing.
One legislator from the assembly called it "illegal and unconstitutional" on Twitter.
Such universal rules, however, should be a prerogative of the European legislator.
Cecil McCrory, a former state legislator, was also convicted in the scandal.
He also is a Chinese legislator, sitting in the National People's Congress.
Fred Girod (R), another legislator behind the effort, told the news outlet.
He was state legislator for 53 years, representing Seattle's 43rd legislative district.
I was a legislator and a Realtor, and I felt so helpless.
In other words, what kind of legislator do you want to be?
Instead, she was required to first take conventional treatment, the legislator said.
"I'm a master legislator," Pelosi boasted last week, with curiously Trumpian braggadocio.
The legislator, Jeff Woodburn, is the minority leader in the State Senate.
Smalls became a crusading state legislator and United States congressman during Reconstruction.
"Well, you don't look like a legislator," she recalled the guard saying.
Mr. Rubio has been the most outspoken legislator on the Uighur issue.
Minnesota Republican state legislator Karin Housley is trying to unseat Democratic Sen.
Hiding his shortcomings as a legislator is a much more daunting task.
But she mentions her two terms as a state legislator almost peripherally.
After seeing Southern's film, a German legislator contacted them with an offer.
This week, Louisville-area state legislator Charles Booker entered the Democratic primary.
Opposition legislator Stalin Gonzalez and political advisers have also gone, they said.
One farmer challenged a state legislator to pick his tomatoes for him.
"Moro's agenda is dead," says Eduardo Cury, a legislator from São Paulo.
Even if the new speaker were a moderate legislator, like US Rep.
Another legislator blocked her bills from advancing after she refused his advances.
"It's a humanitarian crisis," says one legislator, his voice rising in alarm.
Fake accounts can't happen, Zuck tells legislator complaining of fake accounts Sen.
"I see no future in this," added fellow opposition legislator Jose Guerra.
Danica Roem from Virginia became the first out transgender elected state legislator.
That's why The Daily Show made a new online game called The Legislator.
Aronberg is a Democrat, a former state legislator who served with Republican Sen.
All the teachers have realized it's not enough to just call your legislator.
Heather Scott, a far-right legislator and favorite liberal enemy, as a friend.
Maltsev, a former regional legislator, unsuccessfully ran for the federal parliament in 2016.
What legislator wants to explain a 25 percent cut in benefits to constituents?
"We want an agreement that can be fulfilled," said opposition legislator Luis Florido.
The decision sparked outcry from Democrat lawmakers like Texas state legislator Chris Turner.
A handful of calls to a state legislator might make a big difference.
Before being elected to the Senate, she was a rancher and state legislator.
Luis Gallardo is a municipal legislator and is based out of Puerto Rico.
"There is jungle rule in UP," said Tej Narain Pandey, a state legislator.
So a state legislator from Kufrin's home state decided to help Kufrin out.
Legislator Aden Duale once told parliament that homosexuality was "as serious as terrorism".
Amash, a conservative legislator who practiced law before joining Congress, quickly fired back.
All of which makes McConnell the most powerful legislator in Washington right now.
Now, at seventy-three, he is the longest-serving legislator in Texas history.
"Tachira without gas, thanks to failed communism," tweeted Tachira opposition legislator Franklyn Duarte.
She is fiercely independent, endlessly energetic, deeply passionate, and a can do legislator.
A Republican state legislator already announced this week that he will primary Amash.
If I then don't vote, does that mean my legislator won't represent me?
An African-American politician was told she did not look like a legislator.
"The ideological tables are turning," said Fernando Linares, the legislator proposing the amnesty.
Mr. Latimer defeated a county legislator, Ken Jenkins, to win the Westchester primary.
And then she stood and had her picture taken with every single legislator.
Was the governor right in exposing his legislator friend's alleged infidelity so publicly?
If you're a white rural legislator, a lot of your constituents can't vote.
He then ascended to county legislator, state assemblyman and, finally, Dutchess County executive.
Doing that as executive is a different reality of what a legislator does.
The Florida lawmaker says he is the state's first LGBTQ Latin American legislator.
Any expenditure designed to influence a candidate or legislator should be publicly disclosed.
Ahmed Haj Ali, a senior Hamas legislator, was invited to address the conference.
He is a former farmer, agribusinessman, veterinarian, state legislator, and governor of Georgia.
Barack Obama, who worked as a state legislator, did develop such a theory.
Sanjay Bakshi's wife, Smita, is a legislator in Ms. Banerjee's party, Trinamool Congress.
Joaquin became a Texas state legislator and is now a member of Congress.
Is it a coincidence that he calls a senior black legislator 'low IQ'?
Judge Balkman, an elected jurist and former state legislator, presided over the case.
Before that, I helped write the state's death penalty law as a legislator.
Jackson then appointed William Duane, a powerful Pennsylvania legislator, to the Treasury post.
Judge Balkman, an elected jurist and former state legislator, presided over the case.
I'd love to be a little legislator that's behind the scenes doing policy.
Senator Alessandra Biaggi, a new legislator from the Bronx, said disagreement was normal.
"As a legislator, as a woman lawmaker, I couldn't let this moment pass."
If you call your local city or state legislator, they'll answer the phone.
We visited every single legislator's website and social media feeds, and it was eerie to see legislator after legislator posting on Facebook about Holocaust Remembrance Day — about how we can't forget the atrocities, and how we can't let it happen again.
And when the legislator tried to visit the facility Wednesday, he was turned away.
Disraeli was known first as a political novelist and only later as a legislator.
Among them was Martin Lee, a former legislator and doyen of Hong Kong's democrats.
"Basically we are being taxed for being women," said Cristina Garcia, a California legislator.
Among the Democratic victors for the statehouse was Danica Roem, America's first transgender legislator.
Mr Cheng's democratic rival, Edward Yiu, was the only disqualified legislator to run again.
The man Lopez accuses of assault, she says, is a current California state legislator.
The debate grew deeply emotional: One legislator said she had been raped several times.
Polis held off former state treasurer Cary Kennedy and former state legislator Mike Johnston.
As a state legislator, McAdams put great effort into building relationships with Republican lawmakers.
We've known Ellison for years: first as our state legislator, then as our congressman.
He really got the legislator quality of where the Kennedys were in the past.
Among the objections were those of an African-American state legislator, Representative Rhonda Fields.
John Y. Brown of Kentucky and defeated Louis R. Guenthner Jr., a state legislator.
"I'm dumbfounded," said Bakari Sellers, a former South Carolina Democratic legislator and CNN analyst.
Reddit's TheRedPill, notorious for its misogyny, was founded by a New Hampshire state legislator
But he maintained the legislator had been the first one to cross a line.
Isaac Mwaura, Kenya's first albino legislator, called it a way to build self-esteem.
He's the legislator behind a divisive housing bill, S.B. 63, which died last year.
His father, J. E. Conklin, was a bank president and later a state legislator.
A third legislator who was also arrested remains in custody, lawmaker Angel Torres said.
The relationship between Baca, a former Democratic state legislator, and Sotomayor is well-documented.
Freddy Lim, a rock star and independent legislator, said not doing so was dangerous.
His parents were Norman Barlow, a Republican state legislator, and the former Miriam Jenkins.
Patrick James Nolan, former California state legislator Convicted of racketeering related to campaign funding.
Cillizza: Did Republicans make a mistake in picking Saccone, an older longtime state legislator?
Almost 680 people have been arrested, authorities say, including a legislator who supports Correa.
"Despite this change, the country is still in hyperinflation," legislator Alfonso Marquina told reporters.
Pro-democracy legislator Tanya Chan said Lam was to blame for Hong Kongs chaos.
Any legislator who fails to support such a measure is giving support to bigotry.
The Republican candidate, Rick Saccone, was then a state legislator and attended the event.
He was once a young state legislator who thought he wanted to be governor.
One legislator, Lau Siu-lai, read her oath extremely slowly, pausing after each word.
Jim Davis, the only current state legislator in the race, is likely a frontrunner.
Now, imagine that you're a legislator in a state with its own income tax.
Ms. Omar, a nutrition educator and former state legislator, backs a two-state solution.
Russell beat him handily, positioning himself as a pro-Roosevelt, pro-New Deal legislator.
Talk a little bit about, you started a group after you were a legislator.
Even a local legislator wrote a letter urging the court to spare him jail. Nope.
"I have yet to have a conversation with a legislator that doesn't support it either."
Earlier this month a Liberal legislator from British Columbia urged Trudeau to veto the line.
Yet, Baker has in numerous candidate forums so far shown himself as an experienced legislator.
As a state legislator he was one of three Democrats who backed Mr Walker's deal.
Greta Neubauer, another Democrat, a state legislator and a fifth-generation resident of Racine, agrees.
"The CLAPs are legalizing smuggling on the part of public officials," said legislator Olivia Lozano.
"Everyone in Alaska just calls her Lisa," Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins, a state legislator, told me.
"Like a baby, we will need at least nine months to develop," the legislator added.
A Georgia state legislator has introduced legislation that would ban burqas and traditional Muslim veils.
A Liberal legislator who backed Wilson-Raybould quit on Wednesday to sit as an independent.
Who can believe a legislator who says they care if they voted for that repeal?
Frank Avila, a spokesman for Soto, said the legislator was not involved in the fight.
"Remember, until a week ago, there was never an out trans state legislator," Keisling said.
As a legislator, Becerra kept a balance between appeasing Democratic leadership and voting his conscience.
With ordinary lawmaking off the table in most cases, what's a Democratic legislator to do?
Zinke was previously a House member representing Montana, a state legislator and a Navy Seal.
Maduro earlier this month named low-profile legislator Ramon Lobo to be Economy Vice President.
McLellan represented the Alberta city of Edmonton as a federal legislator from 1993 to 2006.
"I'm a master legislator; I'm experienced in knowing institutional memory of the Congress," she said.
We look forward to continue working with this amazing legislator to advance equality for all!
Second, of course, is when our legislator is doing things that will change the marketplace.
Most of all, he sought to be respected for his skills as a consummate legislator.
Josh Hawley and Charles Mok, Hong Kong's information technology legislator, have rallied against the decision.
Bruce Poliquin against former state legislator Emily Cain (D), who lost to him in 2014.
The legislator argues that zero rating is used to steer consumers away from smaller competitors.
And two years ago, I became the first Somali-American legislator in the United States.
In Indiana, the winner on Tuesday was former state legislator and wealthy businessman Mike Braun.
" As a national legislator, he declared one political rival, Maria do Rosário, "not worth raping.
But at least one Republican legislator acknowledged that the move would look like sour grapes.
Earlier this month, a Liberal legislator from British Columbia urged Trudeau to veto the line.
Do you want a Sacramento legislator who's taking gobs of money from dirty special interests?
"I can't imagine a more illogical hill for a legislator to die on," Collins said.
I am a father, a husband, a legislator — and I am a man for choice.
Mr. Alexander is a Senate veteran and former governor, and Ms. Murray an accomplished legislator.
"Why Beto and not the other two?" asked Bakari Sellers, a former South Carolina legislator.
In Pennsylvania, unlike many other states, being a state legislator is a full-time job.
After all, what legislator would want to be on the record opposing an opioids fix?
Last year, the state's longest-serving Republican legislator left the party and became a Democrat.
Among the winners were the state's first transgender legislator and its first two Latina lawmakers.
The proposed bill, SB 242 was introduced earlier in November by GOP legislator Konni Burton.
The House speaker is a master legislator, and by all accounts incomparable at corralling votes.
Justice Breyer said he would have voted against the law had he been a legislator.
Another legislator, Leung Kwok-hung, opened a yellow umbrella, a symbol of the 2014 protests.
"We lost a great man, a great legislator," the Georgia Democrat said in between sobs.
There, a Republican legislator sponsored the bill and a Republican governor signed it into law.
So one legislator hinted at a veto if political cronies were not given state judgeships.
As a state legislator, the elder Mr. Thompson played an outsize role for a freshman.
A young Republican state legislator in Florida wore blackface for his high school homecoming week.
One legislator recently kicked up a national storm when he labelled the tomb "a blot".
SACRAMENTO — Just before a committee of California state senators voted on a landmark bill to ramp up housing production by overriding local resistance, legislator after legislator talked about a dire affordable-housing crisis that demanded bold action and a marked increase in new building.
"He has become a much more serious legislator and I think Republicans understand that," Manley said.
A senior legislator from Trudeau's ruling Liberal Party told reporters nothing could be taken for granted.
"Malta is a Mecca for money launderers and tax avoiders," Greens EU legislator Sven Giegold said.
Omar also became the first Somali American legislator and the first headscarf-wearing member of Congress.
A Georgia legislator also weighed in on Twitter to back up Slate's interpretation of the law.
They include ideology, seniority, shared state delegation or committee, and if a legislator serves in leadership.
Sunday, according to Kent Williams, who is the Marion County deputy administrator and a state legislator.
Among the demonstrators was Kim Young-sam, a legislator who let them use his party's offices.
An Iraqi legislator estimates that IS smuggled $400m out of Iraq and Syria during its retreat.
Democrat DanicaRoem became the first openly transgender person elected to any state legislator in the country.
But debate of the issue in the legislature might be unavoidable, a pro-Beijing legislator said.
" Times have changed since then, pretty much every legislator explained, and this amendment is "long overdue.
Trudeau is facing major backlash after elbowing a female legislator on the Parliament floor on Wednesday.
Socialist legislator Valerie Rabault suggested a boycott of Decathlon, one of Europe's largest sporting goods retailers.
"We gave people dignified housing," said Darío Vivas, a legislator in Mr. Maduro's United Socialist Party.
Maine governor's race: Democrat Janet Mills is the state's former attorney general and a longtime legislator.
Junius Ho, a legislator and member of the Kuk, can trace his family back 32 generations.
"This can only be reversed with deep economic reforms," said opposition legislator and economist Angel Alvarado.
The petition, filed by former legislator Harun Mwau, seeks to overturn Kenyatta's victory in the Oct.
Hardy, another former legislator from Mesquite, defeated him in 2014 then lost in 103 to Kihuen.
Giunchigliani, who goes by "Chris G," is a 63-year-old former state legislator and teacher.
Russia has denied being involved in the attack; one legislator called May's comments "hasty and irresponsible."
For DPP legislator Lo, it's a chance to think of the relationship in a new way.
But Liberal Party legislator Tommy Cheung warned that standardized hours could be catastrophic for the economy.
Bajan Ag Hamatou, a local legislator, confirmed the attack, as did Menaka town's mayor, Nanout Kotia.
"I'd like to see how they both work together," said Lai Shyh-bao, a KMT legislator.
So it's all the more remarkable that Minnesotans just elected the nation's first Somali-American legislator.
I have served as a legislator at the state and federal levels for nearly 27 years.
The extraordinary act of the President, not a legislator, crossing the aisle fits the phenomenon perfectly.
He delivered a lengthy, often rambling, monologue where he listed off his accomplishments as a legislator.
If she wins her race, she'll be the first out transgender state legislator in the nation.
But wealthy businessman and former state legislator Mike Braun's entrance into the race upended the primary.
His ouster stripped him of the legal protections against prosecution he had enjoyed as a legislator.
The company had several talking points, according to state legislator Pat Ownbey, who attended the meeting.
Whatever his faults, he's a rare thing: a serious legislator who has balanced principle with compassion.
The legislator, Oren Hazan, boarded the bus at the Gaza border with video crews in tow.
Altogether, Democrats won more than 2,85033 state legislator races, over half of those that they contested.
The process broke down to a free-for-all with every legislator for him- or herself.
In 85033, the governor recalled discussing the Medicaid expansion with a legislator who supports small government.
"Empty streets like the stomachs of Venezuelans," Luis Florido, an opposition legislator, said in a message.
It is less unusual for lobbyists to reach out to a legislator based on public remarks.
Central to this system, though all but forgotten today, was the idea of the citizen legislator.
Zinke was previously a House member representing Montana, a Montana state legislator and a Navy Seal.
Randy Feenstra, former Iowa legislator and county Supervisor Jeremy Taylor and former Irwin Mayor Bret Richards.
" It says that Ms. Curran, a county legislator, is "MS-13's choice for county executive.
At worst she can go back to the Senate, where she's been a pretty effective legislator.
His opponent, Mike Braun, is the C.E.O. of a distribution company and a former state legislator.
Lee Cheuk-yan, a former legislator, filed on Friday as a backup candidate for Ms. Lau.
Yet I can't shake the memory of that meeting with Zsuzsanna Szelényi, the just-retired legislator.
Nachman Shai, an Israeli legislator, called the Russian leader's remarks a classic example of anti-Semitism.
An aide to a Florida legislator was fired on Tuesday after calling the Parkland students actors.
"We are going to protect our gold," opposition legislator Carlos Paparoni told Reuters in an interview.
Breckinridge gave a weepy speech apologizing for his weakness and citing his talents as a legislator.
I didn't know until the day after the election, when a current legislator pointed it out.
The chief prosecutor in Istanbul issued an arrest warrant for a former opposition legislator, Aykan Erdemir.
"This election is between the builders and the breakers," said Marietje Schaake, a liberal Dutch legislator.
The judges noted that the legislator responsible for drawing the map had not disguised his intentions.
The picture showed Munah Pelham Youngblood, a Liberian legislator, and not MacDella Cooper, a presidential candidate.
The posts, written in Mandarin, claimed an unnamed Taiwanese legislator was secretly revealing the cover-up.
"The end of democracy," declared Ahmad Tibi, a veteran Arab legislator, charging the government with demagogy.
Ross, a former state legislator and ACLU leader, wasn't her party's top pick to challenge Burr.
"You know, I was a legislator — there's always a path to yes," Mr. de Blasio said.
"I understand the importance of these products for women," the legislator from Hohenwald, Tennessee, told Vox.
In Oregon, a veteran state legislator has taken an even more audacious step toward expanding access.
Schoen, as a legislator, I've experienced it by multiple members of the majority and reported it.
Video of Vergara, who is also an opposition legislator, describes how intelligence agents searched his home.
But Ms. Abrams did not just defeat Stacey Evans, another onetime state legislator — she trounced her.
"Every speech was a new opportunity to learn something new or become a better legislator yourself."
Wilburn, the Iowa legislator who endorsed Klobuchar earlier this week after his first-choice candidate, Sen.
He was released in 2012 after pressure from Rajapaksa's opponents and is currently a UNP legislator.
"Someone approaches a just-elected legislator and offers to buy his oldest weapon," Mr. Yu said.
A Washington State legislator was accused of participating in the occupation of a federal wildlife refuge.
"So you have to go to a ground game — a more one-on-one legislator basis."
Salazar's father was a communist guerrilla and author who later became a legislator and Chavez ally.
It noted Mr. Price's experience as a doctor, a state legislator and a member of Congress.
An earlier version of a picture caption with this article misidentified the legislator pictured at left.
He was a former legislator and minister, who had been sentenced to death in three charges.
An even higher number have no opinion about whether said legislator is doing a good job.
Jack Renshaw is accused of buying a machete to kill Labour Party legislator Rosie Cooper last year.
During his time as a state legislator, he sponsored legislation to defund abortion clinics in Virginia. Rep.
There's also Saira Blair, the youngest state legislator in the country, who's up for re-election again.
Venezuela allowed a similar gold swap arrangement to expire in 2017, a legislator said at the time.
"As long as he keeps winning elections, we're happy," says Taro Kono, a legislator from the party.
A former legislator, Fernando Balda, has accused Mr Correa of arranging his kidnapping in Colombia in 2012.
Clearly I didn't think he was talking to me because I'm a legislator in the State Senate.
Fabricio, who was his party's sole legislator until those elections, starts the run-off as the favourite.
There was no immediate response from the Macau government, and legislator Au couldn't be reached for comment.
He was an undisputed war hero and a Republican Senator with a complicated history as a legislator.
Among the few politicians in Macau who criticise the Chinese government is Au Kam San, a legislator.
Senior Conservative legislator Lisa Raitt said the shuffle was "a desperate attempt" to hit the reset button.
Rehder's frustration with Missouri's failure to enact a PDMP has made her more determined as a legislator.
Those drafts are not yet widely available, but each legislator has a history of anti-abortion positions.
And he's gone from a sideshow to a serious legislator in his eight years in the Senate.
Chris Giunchigliani, who goes by "Chris G," is a 63-year-old former state legislator and teacher.
Instead, he appointed his daughter Lisa, who had been a state legislator for all of four years.
"We declare this office closed because it's back is to the people," tweeted opposition legislator Milagros Paz.
Republicans had a solid candidate, state legislator Jane Corwin; Democrats nominated Kathy Hochul, a moderate county clerk.
The corruption investigations have focused on family members of Rajapaksa, now a legislator on the opposition benches.
His opponent, state legislator Katie Arrington, has made support for Trump the centerpiece of a surging campaign.
" Another Republican legislator, state Representative Dan Bishop, described the outcry as "a dishonest, media-fueled carpet-bombing.
In my book, I followed an Indian community organizer's campaign for county freeholder, a local legislator position.
"Curbelo is a trusted legislator and partnering up with a Democrat counterpart — it's got potential," she said.
A Florida legislator breathed new life into a proposal to end a ban on guns in schools.
Danica Roem became the first openly transgender state legislator with her election win in Virginia in November.
But hopes that its most famous athlete/legislator/easy-listening singer might end that drought were dashed.
A Pennsylvania state legislator reportedly has been accused of sexual assault and threatening behavior by two women.
The nation's first Somali-American legislator, Ilhan Omar (D), won the Minnesota Democratic primary on Tuesday night.
Your governor and your state legislator or a congressman and a president in far off nation's capital?
" Matthew Parris, a former Tory legislator, urged the party to "end our affair with this dangerous charmer.
She's 29 years old and has no concept of what being an effective legislator is all about.
In New Mexico, there was an [anti-vaping] state legislator who lost an election on the subject.
In November 1948, when Baker won an Assembly seat, he was the borough's first black state legislator.
As a state legislator, she voted regularly for workers' rights, health care and programs for the poor.
They include Manka Dhingra, a state legislator in Washington; Preet Didbal; the mayor of Yuba City, Calif.
Senate rules do not require the name of the legislator requesting the hold to be made public.
I'm very clear - last European legislator Five Star Movement was in the same chair with Nigel Farage.
"This is not a cryptocurrency, this is a forward sale of Venezuelan oil," said legislator Jorge Millan.
Jude Njomo, a ruling party legislator who introduced the cap law, said the Treasury was being obstinate.
"I think electing Republicans is better than electing Democrats," said the legislator, Representative David Lewis, a Republican.
Mike Braun, a former Indiana state legislator running against Donnelly, also criticized the timing and praised Kavanaugh.
Some of the jobs most likely to be passed down include steelworker, legislator, baker, lawyer and doctor.
He's alternated between sweetness and confrontation with Mr. Trump, as he would with a wayward upstate legislator.
Mr. Patten questioned your ability to be a state legislator and a mother at the same time.
The faces belong to Junius Ho, a local legislator, and this is not an election campaign gambit.
What I find is the lack of a real schedule as a legislator makes child care difficult.
Jasmine Clark: I look young so people assume I'm not a legislator unless I have my badge.
Saccone, a state legislator, faces Democratic Marine Corps veteran Conor Lamb in the March 13 special election.
In Nebraska, a Republican state senator and a former legislator unsuccessfully challenged the expansion initiative in court.
Mr. Gray, the state legislator, said that timeline is probably too short for a vote this year.
"Many people here do not understand the importance of the universal suffrage," said Mr. Sou, the legislator.
But Hickenlooper had said he dreaded the idea of being a legislator after years as an executive.
"It takes a lot for a legislator to stick their neck out on this issue," he said.
"John Dingell was a giant legislator on behalf of the people," said House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer.
An opposition legislator last year said Venezuela allowed a similar swap agreement with Deutsche Bank to lapse.
At least one legislator is now demanding more openness from state officials about that 38-minute gap.
As a state legislator in Virginia, James Madison made the case that subsidizing religious organizations undermines religion.
Josh Yokela, a Republican state legislator in New Hampshire, is working on a way around that problem.
I think she's got the kind of even-handed mentality that you kinda want in a legislator.
Fred Upton (R-MI), a longtime legislator, by promising an additional $21.5 billion to fund these programs.
She met with legislator after legislator, telling her story and explaining why she felt the state's short time limit should have an exception: If police have DNA evidence of the suspected crime, she argued, prosecution should be permitted no matter how long it takes to find a DNA match.
Christian groups helped to stall a bill by threatening to turf out any legislator who favoured gay marriage.
I had always heard that Mitch McConnell was a master legislator and a true loyalist to this institution.
A Philadelphia legislator stirred controversy for a social media post of him flipping off Vice President Mike Pence.
The only conviction in the 1MDB scandal was of a legislator — who publicized alleged wrongdoing at the fund.
The US news service reported that the arrest of Mounkaila Alassane was later confirmed by a Nigerien legislator.
But as a state legislator in 2013, Mrs Comstock opposed higher taxes to cover Virginia's contribution to Metro.
Voters also appear to have elected the country's first transgender legislator, Geraldine Roman, to the House of Representatives.
Clarke Tucker, the Democrat in the race, is a state legislator seen as something of a rising star.
Yu Mei-Nu, the DPP legislator who proposed that last bill, says she is preparing to try again.
An architect of the North Carolina congressional map, state legislator David Lewis, is not shy about the motivation.
Inside, guards shielded a senior pro-establishment legislator from angry democrats, some of whom tore up ballot papers.
"Second, it all suggests a really bad view of what the role of a legislator is," he added.
"I feel like it's going to really hamper his ability to be effective as a legislator," she said.
Steve Scalise is a man of action, a legislator, a family man and an all-around good guy.
Any child nutrition reauthorization bill that has the community eligibility provision should be a nonstarter for any legislator.
Democrat Tom O'Halleran, a former state legislator, was a Republican-turned-independent before recently registering as a Democrat.
Gorsuch, a conservative state legislator from Colorado, promptly embroiled the agency in a political fight for its life.
And at least one Russian legislator is now trying to get Coke banned from Russia as a result.
"I'm not saying we're sending fruit baskets and get-well cards," said Mr. Sullivan, a former Democratic legislator.
Along comes state legislator Katie Arrington, who positioned herself well with some clever ads as the Trump candidate.
"Thus, the Sixth and Fourth Circuits are now split on the legality of legislator-led prayer," he said.
Representative Katie Porter of California endorsed Ms. Warren over her home-state legislator, Senator Kamala Harris of California.
"I think that more than ever, we need an experienced practician and legislator who's a proven fighter," Rep.
A senior Chinese legislator recently warned in unusually blunt terms that the economy has been "kidnapped" by property.
As a Louisiana legislator, I had a consistent pro-business voting record with the state's top business organization.
Mr. Barbaro (pronounced BAR-ba-roe) was a liberal Democrat who won election as a legislator 12 times.
One legislator who received a text was Representative Randy Fine, a Republican in his first year of office.
A California state legislator who'd been swatted himself led a drive to make the anti-swatting law tougher.
At the time, Canales, who represented the Brownsville area, was the only Texas state legislator of Mexican descent.
"Bentley rode a white horse," said Steve Flowers, a former state legislator who is now a political columnist.
Your governor and your state legislator or a congressman and a president in a far-off nation's capital?
"I feel so strongly it's the right thing to do," says Susan Concannon, a Kansas Republican state legislator.
A leading Democratic legislator in New Hampshire was arrested on Thursday on charges of domestic violence and assault.
An Illinois state legislator identified the elder Mr. Davis as a police officer in Bellwood, a Chicago suburb.
Mr. Betancur joined the Conservative Party and began his career as a legislator in his home state, Antioquia.
She has been accused by a Republican state legislator of misusing campaign funds while in the state legislature.
Ms. Walker, 40, described years of harassment by Mr. Cornish, the Minnesota legislator, including repeated propositions for sex.
But Rosendale has struggled to put away his chief opponent: Russell Fagg, a former judge and state legislator.
Democrats are slated to nominate Tom O'Halleran, a former Arizona state legislator who previously identified as a Republican.
Kennedy, 39, isn't necessarily a fresh-faced newcomer -- and Markey, 73, is hardly an out-of-touch legislator.
Shevrin Jones (D), the state's first openly gay African American legislator, immediately spoke out against the proposed legislation.
There's a lot to like about the legislator, but almost nothing to like about her campaign for president.
"His supporters are Moore people, it's overlapping," said Steve Flowers, a former Alabama Republican legislator-turned-political columnist.
One of the guiding forces has been a veteran legislator — former House member and Vice President Mike Pence.
You need a chairperson who is both a capable legislator but also someone who can run an investigation.
Shea remains a state legislator for now For now, Shea will remain in office as a state representative.
During a CNN town hall, they challenged the Florida legislator and NRA spokeswoman Dana Loesch on gun laws.
David Adkins, a former Kansas legislator, leads The Council of State Governments as its executive director and CEO.
Over the years, Mr. Glenn earned the respect of Senate colleagues as an upright, candid and diligent legislator.
She touts her long legislative record in the Senate, casting herself as a can-do, results-driven legislator.
He is a former farmer, agri-businessman, veterinarian, state legislator and governor of Georgia, per his official biography.
Ms. McClellan is a veteran African-American legislator from Richmond who is widely thought to have statewide aspirations.
Trump traveled to Missoula to support Gianforte in his House race against Democratic former state legislator Kathleen Williams.
He is the former chair of the House Energy and Commerce Committee and an experienced health care legislator.
More than 150 years since the former Illinois legislator ascended to the presidency, Lincoln remains ubiquitous in this state.
Cox's closest Republican competition is state legislator Travis Allen, who finished fourth in the Emerson poll, at 11 percent.
In Pennsylvania, a legislator secretly settled a sexual harassment lawsuit for almost a quarter-million dollars using taxpayer money.
Local news stations and newspapers covered the stalemate, prompting a South Carolina legislator to urge the mayor to relent.
Horsford, a talented legislator whose 2014 loss rocked the black caucus, is campaigning again for Nevada's 4th congressional seat.
Democrat Joe Radinovich, a former state legislator and labor organizer, is facing Republican Pete Stauber, a county commissioner. 6.
One post in the larger group encouraged someone to throw a burrito at the Latina legislator during her tour.
"McSally is just so much worse," Athena Salman, a young, progressive Democratic state legislator in Arizona told BuzzFeed News.
Labour legislator Ivan Lewis, a former Foreign Office minister, is also denying allegations that he acted improperly toward women.
It's possible to imagine a conservative legislator responding with a bill requiring background checks for all women seeking abortions.
He was a temperance lecturer, a reformer, a four-term Connecticut state legislator, and the mayor of Bridgeport, Connecticut.
Inflation in July slowed slightly to 125 percent from 128.4 percent in June, according to opposition legislator Angel Alvarado.
"As a legislator, I have always taken drinking and driving seriously," she said in a statement to KOB-TV .
The Kansas City accident, which killed the son of a state legislator, remains under investigation with few details released.
Park guests said the slide's harness wasn't working properly the day Caleb, the son of a state legislator, died.
Kander, a 35-year-old Afghanistan veteran and former state legislator, may not mind Clinton's absence in the state.
Edgar Justino Ovalle, the co-founder of the party that backed Mr. Morales, enjoys immunity as an incoming legislator.
Opposition legislator Americo De Grazia said via Twitter that the death toll had risen to 15 in Santa Elena.
"BRING IT ON!" wrote Kevin de León (the state legislator who wrote SB 54) in a Facebook post. Gov.
In Texas, getting an independence referendum for people to vote on requires a legislator putting it on the ballot.
The vice president's role as the president of the Senate is usually as a figurehead, not an active legislator.
A black state legislator in Vermont says she will not seek reelection, pointing to "inflammatory" and "dangerous" political discourse.
Caracas is using some proceeds from those sales to buy Turkish consumer goods, according to opposition legislator Carlos Paparoni.
Lebsock is the first sitting legislator to be expelled from the Colorado state House in more than a century.
One California state legislator has also put forth a proposal to his state's legislature that might address those issues.
Joy San Buenaventura, a legislator in the affected area, asked lawmakers to pray for Puna, CNN affiliate KITV reported.
The prime minister, after all, is just the first among equals, a legislator chosen by colleagues to lead them.
After leaving the White House, he served as a mentor to Barack Obama, then a young Illinois state legislator.
When you approach a certain level, where the legislator is basically a fig leaf, well, that's not the rule.
Unlike her opponents, the former state legislator would not pursue a short-term move to single-payer health care.
The Spanish legislator called the remarks "a racist and male-chauvinist insult to the southern countries, and their women".
"(The) President didn't commit but I think he's very open minded," the South Carolina legislator said after their lunch.
But after a nine-day special session, a young Tennessee legislator changed his mind and cast the deciding vote.
Since then I have fought, as a citizen, attorney and legislator, for the civil rights of people with disabilities.
Before working as a legislator, Polis was the founder of a number of successful companies, including florist site Proflowers.
In his announcement, Corker cited his commitment to being a citizen legislator as the driving force behind his decision.
The legislator lost her re-election campaign, and the company's role was only inadvertently disclosed in a later lawsuit.
A spokesman for the committee said Lamb has enough resources and momentum to take down the veteran state legislator.
"With this government, the cuts, insecurity and social suffering are going to continue," said Rafa Mayoral, a Podemos legislator.
Still, he threatened to "destroy" the career of a Texas state legislator who was proposing statewide civil forfeiture reform.
A former congressman, state legislator and Navy seal, Zinke had been mentioned as a potential candidate for Montana governor.
Law, 23, won a seat on Hong Kong's Legislative Council in September, making him the city's youngest ever legislator.
In an interview, Mr. Tsai, who is also a former D.P.P. legislator and defense minister, discussed the alliance's plans.
"A former state legislator referred to us as 'the estrogen caucus,'" Jennifer Williamson, the Democratic House majority leader, recalled.
Final polls show that Cunningham, a former state legislator and army veteran, took home over 50% of the vote.
At the same time, a state legislator named Aaron Burr saw a different type of potential in the crisis.
Even the agency's chairman, Kevin O'Toole, a former Republican state legislator appointed by Mr. Christie, supports the mandated increase.
Jose Melendez, a legislator from the governor's party, told CNN Espanol this week that the party backed Rivera Shatz.
Veteran activist and former legislator Leung Kwok-hung said the government's move risked removing Hong Kongers' "freedom from fear".
"He gets things done because of his passion, his competitiveness as a legislator and his persistence," Mr. Schumer said.
Since then, I have fought, as a citizen, attorney and legislator, for the civil rights of people with disabilities.
Morris, who became Vermont's first black female legislator in 2014, resigned in 2018 after receiving racial threats and harassment.
I remember asking a legislator who frequently voted with Sanders who the Vermonter's close friends were in the chamber.
"The reality is when you make comments like this, it makes you less effective as a legislator," he said.
In our times, it is hard to imagine any legislator advocating for more executive power for their tribal opponent.
On Monday a former legislator and minister and an adviser to the current minister of energy were also arrested.
The Democratic candidate, Laura Curran, a county legislator and former journalist, defeated a former Republican state senator, Jack Martins.
Senator Tammy Baldwin, a Democrat, was re-elected, easily holding off a challenge from Leah Vukmir, a state legislator.
"It's a total tragicomedy," sighed Juan Guaidó, an opposition legislator in the National Assembly representing the state of Vargas.
Bishop, a conservative state legislator, ran on a Trump platform and painted his opponent as a far-left liberal.
Pedro Diaz, a lawyer and former legislator who coordinates the Boston Group, said he could not discuss the matter.
During that time, he has gained a reputation as a hard-working legislator who mainly has avoided the spotlight.
"Amy Klobuchar is an uber-effective legislator and talented politician," says Sellers said of the senior senator from Minnesota.
But supporters, like Jennifer Carroll Foy, a Democratic legislator, saw the moment as historic and the measure as timely.
"It seems like he's sitting at a poker table bluffing rather than making serious decisions," a Mexican legislator said.
Former state legislator Richard Ojeda, who briefly launched a bid for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination, will challenge Sen.
Liberal legislator Wayne Long said he was "extremely troubled" by the allegations and wanted a full and transparent investigation.
One legislator said that popular protests — of which there have been many — were not going to change their votes.
CANADIAN LEGISLATOR LIAISING WITH FAMILIES OF CRASH VICTIMS SAYS RELATIVES SHOULD NOT FEEL PRESSURED INTO MAKING LEGAL CLAIMS IMMEDIATELY
As a gay legislator who leads the LGBT caucus, Low said the practice is a personal issue for him.
"The fear and angst is something you could feel on the streets," Rockland County Legislator Aron Wieder told CNN.
A hedge fund manager with significant real estate holdings in Wisconsin, Hovde campaigned in 28503 as a citizen legislator.
In November, a New York state legislator announced his own plans to introduce a similar bill, also in 2020.
Legislator Jason Kenney, who handled the file when the Conservatives held power, said foreign workers' stay should be temporary.
Smith, a state legislator, is also a major in the South Carolina National Guard, which he joined in 1998.
A Democratic state legislator has vowed to introduce articles of impeachment if Mr. Fairfax does not quit by Monday.
Representatives Keith Ellison and Tim Walz; Ilhan Omar, a state representative who is this country's first Somali-American legislator.
Kuldeep Singh Sengar, who was a legislator in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh, will be sentenced on Tuesday.
She recalled that when she first took office, people asked what it was like being the only gay legislator.
"I really did not expect it to pass," said Delegate Terri Hill, the Democratic legislator who sponsored Maryland's bill.
Hof beat a three-term incumbent legislator even as party activists pushed to get Hof's legal brothels shut down.
Fewer than 703 percent of voters can identify their state legislator, according to a Vanderbilt study published in 2013.
The EU legislator took years to design and lay down these rules in the wake of the financial crisis.
Source: young male FL Reps have point-system contest for having sex: 1=lobbyist 2=staff 3=other legislator 85033=married legislator Gaetz, who served in the Florida House of Representatives before being elected to Congress in 2016, told the Times that he had "no idea what Chris was talking about" on Tuesday.
"As a state legislator, Lincoln once jumped out a window to avoid being cornered into a vote," Mr. Holzer said.
The Democratic candidate is Stacey Abrams, an African-American former legislator who opposes recent restrictions as impediments to minority voting.
Greg Gianforte, who pleaded guilty to assault, faces Democrat and former state legislator Kathleen Williams in next month's midterm election.
The city and Washington's legacy shaped Obama during his time there as a community organizer, state legislator and U.S. Senator.
TOWSON, Md. – A Jewish Maryland state legislator says a man yelled "Heil Hitler" at her while she was campaigning. Del.
It's rare when every legislator in congress agrees on one thing, but the Philippines is clearly united behind one cause.
"I do not believe they had any effect in my race," said the legislator, who later won back her seat.
"We can't endorse violations of the rules," said the first lady, Cilia Flores, who was elected as a socialist legislator.
Ron Latz, a Democratic state legislator who represents St. Louis Park, was among Omar's most vocal critics in the state.
Pro-China legislator Junius Ho was filmed shaking hands and thanking the triads for their hard work at the scene.
That was higher than a major state governor, a former legislator and 44 others trying to get on the ballot.
"If they can do it here, we can do it in other places," said Gabriela Besana, a visiting provincial legislator.
A legislator introduced a similar bill in New York State today, faulting the climate created by Black Lives Matter protests.
An Arizona legislator has proposed a way to fund a border wall: Charge internet users a tax for viewing pornography.
Any legislator who thinks retailers need another tax or price hike is not in tune with the current economic environment.
In the intervening years, his daughter Mary served as a state legislator, the state treasurer and as a U.S. senator.
The accused legislator, Kuldeep Singh Sengar, who has been in jail since last year, has denied the accusation of rape.
In fact, Abraham Lincoln's earliest recorded speech as an Illinois legislator in 1837 criticized just this kind of political interference.
"@JeffFlake is a principled legislator & always does what's right for the people of #AZ," McCain tweeted shortly after Trump's criticism.
Another of those critical voices was congressman David Cicilline — a US legislator making his first appearance at the Grand Committee.
But Trump's endorsement of Barletta, coupled with Christiana's low name recognition and fundraising, kept the state legislator from gaining traction.
Politico reports that Cárdenas's accuser, who was then a rising golf star, said the legislator invited her to go golfing.
A Labour legislator in the Knesset from 2003 to 2010, she also served as a minister of education and immigration.
Conservative legislator Luc Berthold said the government aid was too late in coming, timed for political benefit before the election.
The state legislator responsible for drawing the maps said he did so because "electing Republicans is better than electing Democrats."
Another legislator, JV Ejercito, said it was a big loss of "a very competent and a level-headed government official".
"We are the party of President Donald J. Trump," South Carolina state legislator Katie Arrington declared proudly after defeating Rep.
Martha McSally with a clear edge but former state legislator Kelli Ward and Arpaio are still very much in contention.
A local legislator installed two more wells, but one ran dry by 2014, leaving them with a single working well.
Commentary by Casey Guernsey, a seventh-generation farmer, former Missouri state legislator and chairman of the Agri-Business Committee. Rep.
Now, as a legislator in Congress, I'm introducing a bill to ban the newest outlet for pedophiles: child sex dolls.
If a legislator has a rating from the NRA, they probably support allowing guns in the hands of domestic abusers.
In April, the former lobbyist and state legislator said Trump was actually a Democrat who knows "nothing" about the economy.
Mr. Zeldin's voting record, in Albany as a state legislator, and in Congress, leaves no doubt as to his views.
How dare some legislator applaud this monstrous law in public all the while deferring to a doctor's expertise in private.
In this racist revisionism, they didn't have to reckon with the new black citizen, voter, or legislator as nominal equals.
He does not appear to be a legislator who will make sure that funding comes through from the Maine legislature.
The Democratic state legislator is heavily favored to win her Minneapolis-based district over Republican Jennifer Zielinski in the Nov.
"We don't have the capacity to demand information from China — it's really difficult," said the former Ecuadorean legislator Martha Roldós.
In the Assembly, at least one legislator had hoarded for nourishment a plate of limp waffles draped in plastic wrap.
Luke Messer and Todd Rokita were trounced in the Indiana Senate primary by a former one-term state legislator. Rep.
"It is an insult to the voters," said Uwe Junge, a state legislator for the AfD and former Christian Democrat.
Humayun Khan's death in 2004, even though Obama was an Illinois legislator and Clinton was a senator at the time.
They include being the commander-in-chief, the chief executive, the chief legislator, chief diplomat, and the chief of state.
FARE has been hard at work over the last year and a half on legislator education, policy refinement and advocacy.
" A lobbyist caught "lying to or misleading a legislator" risks "a loss of credibility that quickly ends a lobbying career.
They maintained that opponents had turned up no evidence that any legislator had intended to discriminate against blacks and Hispanics.
CANADIAN LEGISLATOR HELPING FAMILIES OF CRASH VICTIMS SAYS NO REMAINS OF CANADIANS HAVE BEEN REPATRIATED YET, IDENTIFICATION STILL GOING ON
"We want to move forward with legislation that will address this once and for all," said McGhee, the Florida legislator.
Everyone wanted to know about my daughter-to-be -- and how I balance being a working mother and a legislator.
Lesko, a former state legislator, defeated Democrat Hiral Tipirneni in a closer-than-expected special election to replace former Rep.
"The misinformation campaign was horrendous," said Thomas Stallworth III, a former state legislator who lobbied on behalf of the coalition.
" A lobbyist caught "lying to or misleading a legislator" risks "a loss of credibility that quickly ends a lobbying career.
While trial lawyers may object, opposing charity care expansion is a dim prospect for even the most hardened partisan legislator.
The legislator said she's spoken with the families of students, the substitute teacher in charge, law enforcement and school officials.
A former anti-war activist and state legislator, Sinema is running on her record in Congress as a centrist Democrat.
Cohen, in character, then managed to convince the legislator that a series of racist acts would protect him against terrorists.
An Arizona legislator resigned Wednesday amid an ethics investigation into reports that he was charged with sex crimes decades ago.
Perhaps her service as an elected state legislator gave her the gifts of listening and learning from her fellow citizens.
"Our request is to expand coverage, while their request is to lower coverage," one legislator told the Salt Lake Tribune.
McGovern was a man of the left but also a decorated combat veteran of World War II and accomplished legislator.
It reminds me of a state legislator I knew years ago who ran against a totally entrenched, incumbent senior U.S. senator.
But then, in 2013, another local legislator died suddenly, creating a vacant seat that would be filled with a special election.
Omar, who was featured in Refinery29's Behind The Headlines series, will be the nation's first Somali-American Muslim female legislator.
The Texas state legislator sent a letter to local Border Patrol officials asking what items members of the public could donate.
Sims, 39, who is Pennsylvania&aposs first openly gay state legislator, apparently saw an opportunity to please his base of supporters.
A state legislator who was one of 11 Democrats to vote for North Carolina's measure called for its repeal on Monday.
Maduro has blamed another opposition legislator, Julio Borges, and former president of Colombia, Juan Manuel Santos, for the chaos as well.
Abrams, a former state House minority leader, is in a competitive primary with Stacey Evans, a former state legislator and lawyer.
A lawyer and former state legislator, he was the first African-American in Maryland history to be named speaker pro tempore.
"Putting the legislator in the shoes of a girl who is trying to prevent a marriage she doesn't want," she said.
Tlaib, Barzinji said, learned all she could as an aide to a Michigan legislator for years before making her own run.
Sally Siegrist, a former Indiana state legislator, unsuccessfully tried to reform the state's rape law in the wake of Finney's case.
"It's fair to say I am not the favorite legislator of some in this capitol," Hoover said without mentioning Bevin's name.
A legislator deciding whether or not to support the American Health Care Act would likely wonder what the bill actually does.
Law will be the youngest legislator in the 70-seat house, which includes 40 pro-establishment and 22 pro-democracy seats.
The Republican legislator stepped down ahead of a vote scheduled for Wednesday by fellow state lawmakers on whether to expel him.
At least five transgender Americans were elected to office — one who ousted a transphobic legislator who was pushing a bathroom bill.
Liberal legislator Adam Vaughan, who observed the leadership campaign, said Scheer was "a radical extreme social conservative" whom voters would shun.
But the state legislator, who claims to have been a diplomat in North Korea, has the charisma of a phone book.
"Lee is a complete layman," said Lai Shyh-bao, a prominent legislator on the finance committee with the opposition Kuomintang Party.
Earlier this year Oregon state legislator Janelle Bynum was forced to defend her presence in a neighborhood after someone called 911.
"The implication that, as one legislator said, a 'family man' would be more suitable smacks of anti-Catholicism," Father Martin said.
In fact, a legislator in Maryland has just proposed a set of new laws that would require ERs to provide treatment.
Tony Tinderholt, a Republican state legislator who introduced the bill, says it would make people "consider the repercussions" of having sex.
"The animals are having a tough time with large number of rhinos, deer, elephants, trapped," state legislator Mrinal Saikia told Reuters.
Among its readers were Charleston, South Carolina, church mass killer Dylann Roof and the murderer of Jo Cox, a British legislator.
The legislator who introduced the bill, David Hillman, said that his aim was to "protect the agricultural producers in this state".
"This explanation is a step forward in the history of Taiwan's same-sex marriage," said Yu Mei-nu, a Taiwanese legislator.
So, as you get set to "survive" Tax Day, imagine if a legislator proposed that every day would be April 15.
" And if that doesn't suffice, add "If you are interested in finding out, please write your legislator to urge more funding.
She teamed up with a local legislator to craft a fix, and, this spring, made her case at the state Capitol.
The Senate was deadlocked 211976-217 on the bill and summoned longtime uterine legislator Mike Pence for the tie-breaking vote.
They didn't work in Virginia — ask Bob Marshall, who lost his seat to trailblazing transgender state legislator Danica Roem last November.
He faced a different state legislator in his 2016 primary, holding onto his seat by a 56 to 44 percent margin.
"I do not want to see the ECB creating a parallel regime of capital requirements that bypasses the legislator," he said.
Steve Stern, a Suffolk County legislator and lawyer, has Mr. Israel's endorsement, but does not otherwise stand out among his competitors.
The veteran state legislator argued that he's the only Democrat who can sway rural voters who are crucial for statewide victory.
" As for Lopez's claim of assault by a legislator, Daniel Alvarez, secretary of the state Senate, called it "startling and unsettling.
It is evidence that no legislator is immune to the pull of extremism in the modern GOP—certainly not Lindsey Graham.
There is no Senate race this year, but where the Secretary of State Brian Kemp leads Georgia state legislator Stacey Abrams.
"All the evidence confirmed that Senator Menendez asserted his ability but never his power to act as a legislator," Lowell argued.
"He's toast here," said Michael Gerber, a former state legislator representing Montgomery County who is still deeply involved in Democratic politics.
Previous generations of Americans, and their elected representatives considered direct instructions from the electorate to be morally binding on a legislator.
Martha McSally faces a challenge from former state legislator Kelli Ward and controversial sheriff Joe Arpaio, whom Trump pardoned last year.
Ms. Park has never been considered a champion of women's rights, either as the president or as a legislator before that.
In 19723, he grew violent during a dispute with the legislator Maria do Rosário, twice shoving her roughly in the chest.
As a 22-year-old state legislator in Hawaii in 2004, Gabbard testified against a bill legalizing same-sex civil unions.
Teddy Roosevelt probably came to the presidency with most experience: police commissioner, Civil Service commissioner, state legislator, governor, vice president, president.
Dinesh Gunawardena, an SLPP legislator, told reporters in Colombo the Sirisena "government has lost the people's mandate and should resign now".
Mr. Barrett, who lives in Missoula, now spends 235 days every other year in Helena, the state capital, as a legislator.
Meanwhile, a Republican state legislator in Iowa has pushed a form of shroom decriminalization, though its prospects were less than clear.
Ward, a former state legislator, challenged McCain in a 2016 primary that was viewed as deeply unwelcome by the Republican establishment.
Earlier on Monday, Shahruddin Md Salleh, an UMNO state legislator from Muhyiddin's home state of Johor, quit all his party posts.
"It's the National Assembly that must always see the budget and must make its observations," said Oneida Guaipe, an opposition legislator.
Legislator Maritza Garcia said it was Fujimori's gentle warning that toppling the president would destabilize the economy that cemented her decision.
I sat in an office at the Colorado state Capitol, on the opposite side of a desk from a state legislator.
One of those candidates, Mike Johnston, a former state legislator, has already raised $1.8 million — nearly as much as Mr. Gardner.
"As bad as it seems, it doesn't change the entire picture," said Nachman Shai, a legislator from the opposition Zionist Union.
Kaye Kory, a state legislator who introduced that bill, said Tuesday she was "delighted" that the tampon ban had been suspended.
Now, read the article, "Cub Scout Is Exiled After Pressing Legislator on Guns and Race," and answer the following questions: 1.
"They come here to kayak, to hike, to bike," said Ms. Donnery, a former Orange County legislator and school board president.
"The good news is that Congresswoman Barbara Comstock won her challenge," said David Ramadan, a Republican former state legislator in Virginia.
I think that's a full time job and ... the part about the Senate I like the most is being a legislator.
Mr. Moi, a former schoolteacher and national legislator, had been a handpicked vice president and served in Mr. Kenyatta's long shadow.
Jasmine Clark: Balancing child care is one of the things that keeps me up at night the most as a legislator.
And if voters want to reward an effective legislator or representative with more time in office, they should have that right.
In Colorado, Chris Hansen, a Democratic state legislator and a former energy consultant, brings an electrical energy perspective to the issue.
"We are not stupid," Bezalel Smotrich, a legislator from the Jewish Home party, wrote in a post on his Facebook page.
Never mind that Mr. Trump, with no governing experience, is nothing like Mr. Johnson, a master legislator of the 20th century.
Since he became a legislator in 2017, Wine has rattled Ugandan authorities, who see him as a formidable threat to Museveni.
"The entire IEP (International Expert Panel) decided to jump ship," said Tanya Chan, a legislator from the Democratic Party, on Wednesday.
Just how much Mr. Trump's backing will help Mr. Van Drew, a former dentist and state legislator, remains to be seen.
"Chairman Brady, I think, brings a very inclusive and open approach to being a legislator and being a chairman," he said.
It was aimed at Jim Collins, a Republican who represented Texas in the House, not the Democratic state legislator Gib Lewis.
An Alabama state legislator has proposed a bill to force men into vasectomies once they hit 50 or have three children.
The longtime Michigan lawmaker, who died at age 92 on Thursday, was a deft legislator who took Congress' oversight role seriously.
Another regional legislator gave her the traditional French double kiss and pat on the back in greeting — and undid her bra.
When voters went to the polls last year, they elected a 23-year-old legislator, the youngest in the city's history.
M.A. Sumanthiran, a legislator from the regional Tamil National Alliance, said authorities had opened negotiations with India for the housing project.
Nancy Pelosi, Democratic House leader, styles herself a "master legislator," but she is generally regarded as incompetent, tedious, and politically shopworn.
Hastings, speaking at a rally in South Florida, said he heard the joke from the son of a former state legislator.
He is the distinguished legislator in residence and chairman of the Levin Center at Wayne State University Law School in Detroit.
But that's not the reason the Republican legislator is in favor of blocking a jet fuel sales tax exemption, he said.
Later, as an Oklahoma state legislator, I was a champion of women's rights, including supporting abortion rights within the Roe v.
Gotabaya Rajapaksa's eldest brother Chamal, a legislator, was sworn in as the Minister of Agriculture, Irrigation, Internal Trade, and Consumer Welfare.
Almost every veteran woman legislator, in every level of government, has a story about the shortage of bathroom facilities at work.
Rajapaksa was unseated in January last year and become an opposition legislator after he lost his prime ministerial bid in August.
"Jordan was a terrorist as a legislator going back to his days in the Ohio House and Senate," Boehner told Politico.
Ms. Sanchez, a former legislator from Mr. Guzmán's home state of Sinaloa, was arrested on drug charges in California in 2017.
"It we want France to change its course, it requires a gentle touch and flexibility," said En Marche legislator Patrick Vignal.
Roy Barnes and former Senator Max Cleland of Georgia, who backed a white state legislator, Stacey Evans, for the Democratic nomination.
One legislator from the governing Likud party compared the Shin Bet to the K.G.B. Four of the youths were ultimately released.
Ms. McClellan, who is black, is a longtime Richmond legislator who has a close relationship with United States Senator Tim Kaine.
Diane Russell, a former Democratic state legislator from Maine, sounded almost beside herself as she stood outside the office of Sen.
Although elements of her story are unique, Ocasio-Cortez is not the first legislator to become a figure of national fascination overnight.
The New York legislator has vowed to take on the industry that makes up the corporate backbone for much of her constituency.
But it only takes one opposing legislator to show up on the floor and block a unanimous consent vote, and Republican Rep.
And the rise of Republican candidate Scott Baugh, a former state legislator, could give the GOP a one-two finish next week.
Poughkeepsie County Legislator Giancarlo Llaverias also reached out to offer his support and wrote a letter to the chair expressing his concerns.
The Obamacare protests are growing larger and more heated, leading to arrests on Capitol Hill and one legislator canceling an event altogether.
"We have set a target to raise 150 cattle for the event," the newspaper quoted Matobo North legislator Never Khanye as saying.
A Republican legislator has vowed to close a loophole in his Obamacare replacement proposal, following Vox's reporting on the exemption Tuesday night.
Legislator Lo Chih-cheng, from the ruling Democratic Progressive Party, said Taiwan didn't want to become part of a "zero sum" game.
More than that, Chicago is also seen as producing President Obama, and he worked there as a community organizer and a legislator.
A fourth government legislator from Amazonas was also barred from taking office by the Supreme Court, pending investigations into the election there.
This week the government detained an opposition legislator and ordered the arrest of Julio Borges, an opposition leader in exile in Colombia.
Kardashian ended the essay with the following links for readers to find their legislator and donate to the families of the victims.
On December 22nd the government of President David Granger lost a vote of no confidence when a legislator from his coalition rebelled.
A third legislator, surveyor Edward Yiu, added a line about fighting for genuine universal suffrage at the end of the official statements.
Three Taiwanese parliamentarians, led by ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) legislator Kuan Bi-ling, began their visit to New Delhi on Monday.
Burr defeated Deborah Ross, a Democratic attorney and former state legislator, who mounted a surprisingly strong challenge in the presidential battleground state.
That prompted Arizona's senior senator, Republican John McCain to come out on Flake's side, calling him a "principled legislator" in a tweet. .
Perhaps grateful for Wall Street's generous gifts, Mulvaney worked as a legislator to suppress CFPB's public complaint data against major financial institutions.
"Jordan was a terrorist as a legislator going back to his days in the Ohio House and Senate," Boehner added to Politico.
He was first elected as a legislator for the right-leaning Progressive Conservatives in 1997 but switched to the Liberals in 2003.
" Legislator Bruno Fuchs quoted Macron as saying the May Day action by the security aide, Alexandre Benalla, "was for me a betrayal.
A consumer calling their legislator and telling them to vote for the bill is definitely worth 10 visits from the corporate lobbyist.
The records don&apost indicate if the Republican legislator brought up legislative immunity during the stops, but he never received a citation.
The South Carolina representative lost to state legislator  Katie Arrington , who won Trump's support just hours before the polls closed on Tuesday.
Russian legislator Leonid Slutsky, the head of the State Duma's international affairs committee, said Nebenzya was "the right choice" for the role.
Jealous joins a list of prominent African-Americans who have endorsed Sanders, among them Nina Turner, a former Ohio state legislator, Rep.
History and research suggest that the best ways to make an impact on your legislator are through thoughtful, earnest expression and outreach.
"We'll keep fighting and we hope Canadians join us in this cause and raise their voices," Conservative legislator Michelle Rempel told reporters.
"I'm a master legislator, I'm experienced in terms of knowing institutional memory of the Congress," she said Monday on CBS' morning show.
Haley, 1503, is the first female governor of South Carolina and a three-term legislator in the South Carolina House of Representatives.
Haley, 47, is the first female governor of South Carolina, and a three-term legislator in the South Carolina House of Representatives.
Virginia elected the nation's first openly transgender state legislator on Tuesday night when Democrat Danica Roem defeated longtime Republican incumbent Bob Marshall.
Among those Virginia victors was Danica Roem, who defeated a self-described homophobe to become the country's first openly trans state legislator.
But over the weekend—customers, activists, and even a California legislator rebuked the app on Twitter using the hashtags #DeleteInstacart and #BoycottInstacart.
He has broader experience — as an executive, as a legislator and in business — than any one who ran for president this year.
Democratic Party legislator Andrew Wan reportedly tried to mediate and ask the police to wait for protesters to leave, but was unsuccessful.
In Iowa's 1st Congressional District, former state legislator Abby Finkenauer held off three other candidates to win her Democratic primary in Iowa.
I'm tired but grateful: choosing to blend parenting and public service has made me a more confident mother and a better legislator.
KENTUCKY: Every legislator, public officer, and lawyer must take an oath stating that they have not fought a duel with deadly weapons.
Earlier this month, a New Zealand lawmaker lobbed the insult at an older legislator who had dismissed her argument about climate change.
Nor is he the wily South Jersey legislator and moderate union official with the backing of the state's most feared power broker.
While serving as a state legislator, Nolan was charged with accepting illegal campaign donations after being caught in an FBI sting operation.
The Democratic representative has a 2947-percentage point edge — 23.9 percent to 2344 percent — over physician and former state legislator Kelli Ward.
Haley, 47, is the first female governor of South Carolina and a three-term legislator in the South Carolina House of Representatives.
"Lula is a leader wherever he is," Maria do Rosário Nunes, a Workers Party legislator and former cabinet minister, said on Twitter.
The legislator leading the charge to extend the statute of limitations is State Rep resentative Mark Rozzi, a Democrat from Berks County.
Wilson wasn't the only Florida legislator sounding the alarm after Irma about what might happen if senior facilities continued operating without power.
A North Carolina state legislator is pushing for teachers to be armed following a deadly mass shooting at a Florida high school.
In 1838, as a 28-year-old state legislator, Abraham Lincoln delivered an address at the Young Men's Lyceum of Springfield, Ill.
Some pointed to Ms. Haley's experience as a legislator and trade ambassador for South Carolina as credentials for the United Nations post.
When one woman asked for the school superintendent to come up to clarify an issue, a legislator wouldn't allow him to speak.
In that case, the North Carolina legislator responsible for drawing the 2016 map said that wanted to give the GOP a boost.
Liberal legislator Judy Sgro urged Wilson-Raybould and Philpott to "either put up or shut up" and said they were being selfish.
This election "is not about roads, drinking water or gutters," the B.J.P. legislator Sanjay Patil said at a rally in April 2018.
Dennis Hof, the owner of a half-dozen legal brothels in Nevada, is on his way to becoming a Nevada state legislator.
Until now, Kansas was one of seven states that had never elected an openly L.G.B.T. state legislator, according to the Victory Fund.
An article on Sunday about Trump supporters' unwavering trust in the president misstated the surname of a Tennessee state legislator representing Jonesborough.
In interviews, female lobbyists said there was a power imbalance between legislator and lobbyist, and they were usually at the losing end.
"We can't even give a legislator a pen in Wisconsin," said Amy Bliss, a lobbyist for the Wisconsin Housing Alliance in Madison.
CANADIAN HOUSE OF COMMONS ELECTED CHAMBER HAS AGREED TO SUSPEND SITTINGS WHILE ENSURING PARLIAMENT CAN APPROVE NECESSARY FINANCIAL SUPPORTS - SENIOR OPPOSITION LEGISLATOR
Mike Parson, a Republican who previously served as a sheriff and a state legislator, would become governor if Mr. Greitens left office.
On Tuesday, voters in Pennsylvania's 212th congressional district will choose between former prosecutor Democrat Conor Lamb and state legislator Republican Rick Saccone.
On Tuesday, voters in Pennsylvania's 18th congressional district will choose between former prosecutor Democrat Conor Lamb and state legislator Republican Rick Saccone.
" Charles Mok, a legislator who represents the IT industry, said any internet shutdown in Hong Kong would be "truly the darkest day.
Mr. Law, who became Hong Kong's youngest-ever legislator after he was elected in 2016, was among those who lost their seats.
It was backing her primary challenger, Stacey Abrams, a rising Democratic star who, like Ms. Evans, is a former Georgia state legislator.
Manuel Limón, a PRI legislator who is also the union's secretary of internal affairs, is next in line to lead the union.
Still, in Essex County, only one local legislator, Brendan W. Gill, has called publicly to end the deal with the federal government.
Sanders may talk a lot about political revolution, but as a legislator he has a surprisingly long record of quiet, pragmatic accomplishment.
The legislator labeled the congresswoman a "terrorist" in another post shared on Sunday that urged people to vote her out of office.
A beloved legislator like Biden is more likely to transform the political landscape than a down-the-line progressive. Connection. Connection. Connection.
"Politics is a contact sport," said Bakari Sellers, a former South Carolina State legislator who supported Ms. Harris in the Democratic primary.
The state legislator who had asked for Schmidt's review has suggested that he might write a bill to formally allow the method.
Seocho's then district chief, who is now a national legislator, has said he was lobbied by senior politicians to grant the lease.
Virsa Singh Valtoha, a legislator in the Tarn Taran district, was more measured, saying Punjab had made progress in controlling the problem.
"In the past, at least they tried to comply with one country, two systems," said James To, a legislator in Hong Kong.
The law is "nothing less than insane," said Ofer Shelah, a legislator from the centrist Yesh Atid party, which sits in opposition.
They both served as heads of their respective party campaign committees and Schumer targeted McConnell in 2008, but the Kentucky legislator triumphed.
He picked up an important endorsement in December from the long-term state legislator and African-American leader Deb Berry from Waterloo.
"I could run for mayor, I could run for legislator, I could run for Senate," the former sheriff told The Washington Examiner.
Another legislator wearing a mask of Chinese President Xi Jinping also threw a placard as Lam exited, according to the news service.
Late last year, customers and even a California legislator responded by shaming the company on social media and calling for a boycott.
"As a former legislator, I know how tricky the endorsement process can be for folks in Iowa," Murphy said in the statement.
Hsiao Bi-khim, a legislator from the Democratic Progressive Party, submitted a same-sex marriage bill in 2005 that was blocked outright.
Pelosi is an old-school legislator who believes in fighting her battles through the formal political process and old-fashioned vote counting.
Conservative legislator Leona Alleslev told the House that Trudeau had "sheepishly accepted" the terms put forward by the United States and Mexico.
Conservative legislator Leona Alleslev told the House that Trudeau had "sheepishly accepted" the terms put forward by the United States and Mexico.
The court said that Bharara was trying, in effect, to act like a legislator, by rewriting the criminal laws to his liking.
Hong Kong's chief secretary, Carrie Lam, and a legislator and former security chief, Regina Ip, have also expressed an interest in running.
"The community is, for lack of better words, on eggshells," said Justin Bamberg, a state legislator and lawyer who represents Scott's family.
As an activist and a legislator, we know the legislative process means we seldom get everything we want in a particular bill.
Assemblyman Daniel O'Donnell is a longtime Manhattan legislator with a solid record that includes helping pass the state's landmark gay marriage law.
But any Republican legislator who sticks their head up for decent climate policy will get it chopped off by Norquist et al.
Ms. Tlaib, a lawyer and former state legislator, said during her campaign that she would "absolutely" vote against military aid to Israel.
Wes Goodman, who touted his conservative, Christian values and sided with anti-LGBTQ stances as a legislator, allegedly had a regular m.o.
They know how to call a legislator, they know how to get angry with their insurance company, they know how to advocate.
"It's definitely an election issue," said Kavinder Gupta, a BJP legislator in Jammu & Kashmir and former deputy chief minister of the state.
Davutoglu indicated he did not plan to resign from the party, saying he would "continue the struggle" as a ruling party legislator.

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