Examples of lawmaker in a Sentence
the state's lawmakers worked long into the night drafting a bill that would be acceptable to everyone
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After hours of House of Commons debate, a vote was averted when the government gave in to lawmakers' anger and agreed that the Intelligence and Security Committee would decide what papers should be published, rather than a senior civil servant as Starmer had proposed.
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Jill Lawless The Associated Press, Arkansas Online, 5 Feb. 2026
The rival bids have drawn scrutiny from antitrust experts and lawmakers, who worry that either death could reduce competition in an entertainment industry already dominated by streaming giants.
—Claire Carter, The Washington Examiner, 5 Feb. 2026
House lawmakers in January passed their own bill, House File 2104, which would ban eminent domain for carbon pipelines.
—Stephen Gruber-Miller, Des Moines Register, 4 Feb. 2026
Wisconsin is on track to overspend its Medicaid budget by $213 million by the end of the current budget cycle, state DHS Secretary-designee Kirsten Johnson wrote in a letter to state lawmakers at the end of December.
—Paul Kiefer, jsonline.com, 4 Feb. 2026
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Jill Lawless The Associated Press, Arkansas Online, 5 Feb. 2026
The rival bids have drawn scrutiny from antitrust experts and lawmakers, who worry that either death could reduce competition in an entertainment industry already dominated by streaming giants.
—Claire Carter, The Washington Examiner, 5 Feb. 2026
House lawmakers in January passed their own bill, House File 2104, which would ban eminent domain for carbon pipelines.
—Stephen Gruber-Miller, Des Moines Register, 4 Feb. 2026
Wisconsin is on track to overspend its Medicaid budget by $213 million by the end of the current budget cycle, state DHS Secretary-designee Kirsten Johnson wrote in a letter to state lawmakers at the end of December.
—Paul Kiefer, jsonline.com, 4 Feb. 2026
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“Lawmaker.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lawmaker. Accessed 6 Feb. 2026.
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