How to Use lawmaker in a Sentence

lawmaker

noun

• The two lawmakers ran for the same seat after the Mountain State lost a House seat in reapportionment.
  — Bridget Bowman, NBC News, 19 Oct. 2023
• Santos joins a short list of lawmakers expelled from the House, and for reasons uniquely his own.
  — Kevin Freking The Associated Press, arkansasonline.com, 2 Dec. 2023
• Some lawmakers may retire, and others may have been drawn out of their districts.
  — Journal Sentinel, 1 Mar. 2024
• This year, there is a bumper crop of ballot referrals from state lawmakers — more than 70.
  — Mary Jo Pitzl, The Arizona Republic, 3 Mar. 2024
• Ten years ago, activists and some lawmakers were ringing the alarm bell as the national student loan debt for the first time topped the $1 trillion mark.
  — Jmanning, oregonlive, 9 June 2023
• More:Did lawmaker goof on Kentucky's anti-trans bill 'or' not?
  — Ana Rocío Álvarez Bríñez, The Courier-Journal, 9 June 2023
• McConnell isn’t the only lawmaker whose health has caused concern.
  — Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 28 July 2023
• But even rural lawmakers can still go home with something.
  — Ben Botkin, oregonlive, 20 June 2023
• Three of the four members appointed must be lawmakers and one must be an outside expert.
  — Zachary Halaschak, Washington Examiner, 9 Nov. 2023
• But farmers are by far the state’s largest water users — and lawmakers were more hesitant to strike at their consumption.
  — Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2023
• The worst part is that Democratic lawmakers did very little to combat these attacks.
  — Makena Kelly, The Verge, 23 June 2023
• Behind the scenes, Mr. McCarthy is toiling to persuade far-right lawmakers to abandon the tactic.
  — Karoun Demirjian, New York Times, 1 Sep. 2023
• Democrats met behind closed doors, where a meeting turned into a session for lawmakers to vent their fury at McCarthy.
  — WSJ, 4 Oct. 2023
• Local lawmakers have not yet come to an agreement on how to prosecute drug use, leaving the city in limbo until a new bill is passed.
  — Cami Mondeaux, Washington Examiner, 19 Aug. 2023
• The governor also has to factor in how to cover the cost of new spending initiatives called for in her State of the State address to lawmakers on Monday.
  — Stacey Barchenger, The Arizona Republic, 12 Jan. 2024
• Some are lobbying state lawmakers to lift a long-standing ban on pay toilets.
  — Blake Nelson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 July 2023
• Other lawmakers are simply confused about what to do now.
  — Tori Otten, The New Republic, 5 Oct. 2023
• Roman, the lawmaker, shared updates about their exploits on social media, giving a behind-the-scenes look at their life at war.
  — Megan Specia, New York Times, 29 Oct. 2023
• The opioid crisis continues to pose complex challenges for lawmakers in the city and region.
  — Danny McDonald, BostonGlobe.com, 9 Aug. 2023
• The House then broke into a brief recess, but Jordan later announced lawmakers would not come back for votes until the next day to give him more time to speak to defectors.
  — Cami Mondeaux, Washington Examiner, 18 Oct. 2023
• Upchurch says she has been impressed with the strength of young trans people in Ohio as their state lawmakers have tried to invalidate their identities and right to care.
  — Julia Zorthian, TIME, 29 Dec. 2023
• The two lawmakers had not been in a romantic relationship and had been friends for about 10 years, according to reports.
  — Michael Dorgan, Fox News, 18 Nov. 2023
• With the outlines of an agreement in place, the legislative package could be drafted and shared with lawmakers in time for House votes as soon as Wednesday, and later in the coming week in the Senate.
  — Lisa Mascaro, Fortune, 28 May 2023
• The challengers also claimed that state lawmakers violated the Voting Rights Act by dismantling the 7th District when there was no need to do so.
  — Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 28 Dec. 2023
• But progressives and Latino lawmakers have argued the shift is a betrayal of Mr. Biden's campaign pledges.
  — Camilo Montoya-Galvez, CBS News, 15 Dec. 2023
• In public hearings, lawmakers have five minutes each to ask questions.
  — Ashley Oliver, Washington Examiner, 14 Jan. 2024
• The legislation had ample support from lawmakers, with 50 co-sponsors, and the backing of the state’s law enforcement.
  — Ian Max Stevenson, Idaho Statesman, 20 Feb. 2024
• Thus far, officials said that the main substance of the discussions has been to inform lawmakers about the Saudis demands and give lawmakers a forum to voice their thoughts.
  — Mark Mazzetti, New York Times, 17 Aug. 2023
• State lawmakers have attempted to pass high-school-sports bans that, at the time they were proposed, would have affected a single transgender girl.
  — S. C. Cornell, The New Yorker, 2 Dec. 2023
• Top Republican lawmakers will now search for the two-thirds majorities necessary in the House and Senate to override the veto.
  — Katie Bernard, Kansas City Star, 26 Jan. 2024

Last Updated: 5 May 2024