legislate
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It’s done at the state level, and Congress can legislate to alter the time, place, and manner of elections.
From Slate • Apr. 15, 2026
"We will legislate to deliver on this and further details of the bill will be announced in due course."
From Barron's • Jan. 18, 2026
The draft law does not legislate for a ban on Senedd politicians lying more generally, after a committee recommended that the existing regime of investigations by a parliamentary standards commissioner be strengthened instead.
From BBC • Jan. 13, 2026
These findings have implications for the policy landscape Mr. Claggett is trying to legislate.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 25, 2025
And the failure of Prohibition would provide the nation with a powerful lesson in the pitfalls of attempting to legislate morality.
From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler
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