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

Congress was assigned the pivotal tasks of lawmaking and budgeting because controlling government finances was seen as essential to limiting executive power and preventing abuses that the framers associated with monarchy.

From Salon • Nov. 1, 2025

They hope to present the idea to state lawmakers in January, when California’s 2025 lawmaking session begins.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 25, 2024

Ah yes, the people’s House, the finest lawmaking institution in the land.

From Slate • May 21, 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