lawmaking

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Thus would they remain insulated from the volatility of public sentiment and keep their minds on lawmaking.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 27, 2026

That is something only existing citizens hold the right to offer to others, something which must be decided through elections and the lawmaking process.

From Salon • Dec. 9, 2025

“This is all playing on the complexity of European lawmaking, trying to blame on somebody or put together issues that have nothing to do with each other beyond some convergence of anger.”

From New York Times • Jun. 7, 2024

“In our state, the people have the ultimate lawmaking power, including the ability to overturn our decisions,” he wrote.

From Los Angeles Times • May 23, 2024

He was strangely suited to the tussle of lawmaking, calm inside the maelstrom, accustomed to being an outsider, taking defeats in his easy Hawaiian stride.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama