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lawmakers

noun

plural of lawmaker

as in legislators

a member of an organized body of persons having the authority to make laws the state's lawmakers worked long into the night drafting a bill that would be acceptable to everyone

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Recent Examples of lawmakers With only a 53-47 majority, Senate Republicans can’t advance the legislation without upper chamber Democratic support, unless lawmakers change the filibuster rule. —

Kate Dore, Cfp®, Ea, CNBC, 15 Mar. 2026 Reforming the state’s VMT regulations by working in partnership with the homebuilding industry needs to be a top priority for state lawmakers in 2026. —

Jeff Montejano, Oc Register, 15 Mar. 2026 DeSantis determined to rid state of unions Republican lawmakers who spoke to CBS Miami said this bill targeting teacher unions was the governor's highest priority this session. —

Jim Defede, CBS News, 15 Mar. 2026 Since then, lawmakers have tried repeatedly to come up with solutions that would reduce the amount of stuff being thrown away, divert more of it to compost and recycling facilities and manage whatever is left within the state’s borders. —

John Moritz, Hartford Courant, 15 Mar. 2026 Democratic lawmakers have accused the administration of keeping them ‘in the dark’ and want public congressional hearings. —

Ana Ceballos follow, Los Angeles Times, 15 Mar. 2026 Live Nation has faced years of antitrust scrutiny over its 2010 acquisition of Ticketmaster, which was cleared by the Obama administration and later contested as inadequate by rivals, lawmakers and fans. —

Josh Sisco, Bloomberg, 9 Mar. 2026 Elder lawmakers in both parties have faced calls from younger members, either in service or age, to step aside and let fresh talent continue their work on Capitol Hill. —

Rachel Schilke, The Washington Examiner, 9 Mar. 2026 Less than three days after Enoch Godongwana presented the budget to lawmakers in the fuel-importing nation, the US and Israel launched strikes against Iran. —

Tiisetso Motsoeneng, semafor.com, 9 Mar. 2026

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Although the program was always designed to ratchet down on emitters, some legislators who supported the extension say the draft unveiled by the California Air Resources Board could hit consumers and the energy sector hard at the wrong time.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 13 Mar. 2026
Inspired by their neighbors, Puerto Rican legislators enshrined condos in American law for the first time, in 1958.

— M. Nolan Gray, The Atlantic, 13 Mar. 2026