Lawmaker
noun
A person who makes or proposes laws in a parliament or similar organization.
The lawmaker introduced a bill on environmental protection.
Often appears as...
- proposed by the lawmaker
- lawmaker introduced a bill
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Formal
Academic
noun
A person who makes or proposes laws in a parliament or similar organization.
The lawmaker introduced a bill on environmental protection.
Often appears as...
- proposed by the lawmaker
- lawmaker introduced a bill
Usage tips
Formal
Academic
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Pro Tip 1/3Government Role
Understand that a lawmaker is an elected official with the authority to create laws, often seen in a position of power.
The lawmaker discussed tax reforms in the latest assembly session.
Pro Tip 2/3Civic Vocabulary
Learn that 'lawmaker' is a term frequently used in discussions about politics and government.
Citizens contacted the lawmaker to express their opinions on the proposed policy.
Pro Tip 3/3Formal Context
'Lawmaker' is used in formal contexts, such as news reports, legal discussions, and academic writing.
The lawmaker was interviewed on national television about the upcoming legislation.
Pro Tip 1/3Government Role
Understand that a lawmaker is an elected official with the authority to create laws, often seen in a position of power.
The lawmaker discussed tax reforms in the latest assembly session.
Pro Tip 2/3Civic Vocabulary
Learn that 'lawmaker' is a term frequently used in discussions about politics and government.
Citizens contacted the lawmaker to express their opinions on the proposed policy.
Pro Tip 3/3Formal Context
'Lawmaker' is used in formal contexts, such as news reports, legal discussions, and academic writing.
The lawmaker was interviewed on national television about the upcoming legislation.
Pro Tip 1/3Government Role
Understand that a lawmaker is an elected official with the authority to create laws, often seen in a position of power.
The lawmaker discussed tax reforms in the latest assembly session.
Pro Tip 2/3Civic Vocabulary
Learn that 'lawmaker' is a term frequently used in discussions about politics and government.
Citizens contacted the lawmaker to express their opinions on the proposed policy.
Pro Tip 3/3Formal Context
'Lawmaker' is used in formal contexts, such as news reports, legal discussions, and academic writing.
The lawmaker was interviewed on national television about the upcoming legislation.
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called SB 1070 this was a law that allows God's to pull you over and ask you for your papers just because you were Brown and the lawmakers claimed that it had nothing to do with rape
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What if a US presidential...
to try to intimidate lawmakers into keeping him or her in power. Or they could just abuse their emergency powers and try to stay in office indefinitely. So we've got some real problems in our system. The best way to stop a coup is to update and strengthen our democratic system as soon as this election is over.
Video examples
How you can help...
So yes, these companies have to play a really important role in this process, but they can't control it. So what about governments? Many people believe that global regulation is our last hope in terms of cleaning up our information ecosystem. But what I see are lawmakers who are struggling to keep up to date
Video examples
Steven Johnson: How...
You also needed persuasion. You had to convince people to drink pasteurized milk, you had to convince the dairy industry to make pasteurized milk, and that took a whole other cast of characters. It took muckraking journalists. It took crusading lawmakers.
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A Parkland teacher's...
Yes, voting is one of the best ways to take personal responsibility for gun violence. Making sure that our lawmakers are willing to pass commonsense gun reform is one of the most effective ways to get those 300 million guns under control.
Video examples
What did democracy...
You've just won the lottery, only the prize isn't cash or a luxury cruise. It's a position in your country's national legislature. And you aren't the only lucky winner. All of your fellow lawmakers were chosen in the same way.
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Why wildfires have...
to do something about the current situation, we're going to experience continued losses to megafires. So it's up to us. We can spread this message to our lawmakers, folks who can help us manage our fires and our forests.
Video examples
Mining the New American...
and timber industries which pay the government hefty royalties advocates want metal minds to pay up also to help offset the cost of the massive cleanup for decades lighting companies and Western lawmakers have
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What it means to be...
By that, I mean we are appealing to the humanity of lawmakers to make us safe whilst putting ourselves into the public eye, sharing our stories, trying to build community with people like us
Video examples
The problem with...
we're referring to social groupings with made up demarcations that have changed over time and vary around the world. As a legal scholar, I've also studied how lawmakers, not biologists,
Video examples
Combatting absurdity...
called SB 1070 this was a law that allows God's to pull you over and ask you for your papers just because you were Brown and the lawmakers claimed that it had nothing to do with rape
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Lech Walesa
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Greg Walden
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Ron Lewis
American Politician
We have all read tragic stories in our local papers about gun accidents as a result of misuse. As lawmakers we can better promote safety and responsibility by encouraging gun owners to purchase gun safes to store firearms and keep them from falling into the wrong hands.
Quote examples
Jared Polis
American Politician
Lawmakers who support CISA will tell you the bill includes some privacy protections. They're right. But these 'protections' are superficial and include broad loopholes that are so far-reaching as to render the protections meaningless.
Quote examples
Joel Osteen
American Clergyman
It seems like when I was growing up there was more compromise, wanting to work with each other, and I think all of them - all of the lawmakers - have hearts to do what's right, and they all are passionate about it.
Quote examples
Gwen Ifill
American Journalist
Whatever their motivations, lawmakers on both side of the aisle have certainly discovered that immigration is one of those issues that resonate strongly with the public.
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Letitia James
American Public Servant
Around the nation, lawmakers have drawn up their districts with such perverse precision and aversion to competition, that legislators rarely face competitive challenges.
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Sinead Burke
Designer
Hate crime and hate speech must not be tolerated. Our policy and lawmakers and those who uphold the law must protect the most vulnerable in our society.
Quote examples
Eric Greitens
American Politician
I'm proud that many of Missouri's lawmakers stood strong to protect the lives of the innocent unborn and women's health.
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Lech Walesa
Polish Politician
You should go to the polls, organize yourself. But once lawmakers are chosen, they must be respected.
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Susan B. Anthony
American Activist
There never will be complete equality until women themselves help to make laws and elect lawmakers.
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Greg Walden
American Politician
As federal lawmakers, we have a responsibility to set a precedent for energy efficient practices.
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