Legislator
noun
Someone who has the power to make laws.
The legislator introduced a bill to increase funding for education.
Often appears as...
- elected legislator
- federal legislator
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Formal
Political
noun
Someone who has the power to make laws.
The legislator introduced a bill to increase funding for education.
Often appears as...
- elected legislator
- federal legislator
Usage tips
Formal
Political
Definition 1 of 1
Pro Tip 1/3Political Role
Legislators often take part in debates and committees to discuss new laws.
The legislators spent hours debating the merits of the proposed healthcare bill.
Pro Tip 2/3Election Process
Legislators are usually elected by voters to represent them in a legislative body.
The newly elected legislator gave a passionate victory speech.
Pro Tip 3/3Law Creation
Legislators not only make laws but can also amend or repeal existing ones.
The legislator proposed an amendment to the tax law.
Pro Tip 1/3Political Role
Legislators often take part in debates and committees to discuss new laws.
The legislators spent hours debating the merits of the proposed healthcare bill.
Pro Tip 2/3Election Process
Legislators are usually elected by voters to represent them in a legislative body.
The newly elected legislator gave a passionate victory speech.
Pro Tip 3/3Law Creation
Legislators not only make laws but can also amend or repeal existing ones.
The legislator proposed an amendment to the tax law.
Pro Tip 1/3Political Role
Legislators often take part in debates and committees to discuss new laws.
The legislators spent hours debating the merits of the proposed healthcare bill.
Pro Tip 2/3Election Process
Legislators are usually elected by voters to represent them in a legislative body.
The newly elected legislator gave a passionate victory speech.
Pro Tip 3/3Law Creation
Legislators not only make laws but can also amend or repeal existing ones.
The legislator proposed an amendment to the tax law.
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Lessons from death row...
That's probably a topic that is best reserved for a room full of lawyers and judges. Instead, let me talk about a couple of modes of intervention that we can all help accomplish, because they are modes of intervention that will come about when legislators and policymakers, when taxpayers and citizens,
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Shai Agassi: A new...
Cars and trucks add up to about 25 percent of the world's CO2 emissions. We have to come and attack this problem with a focus, with an effort that actually says, we're going to go to zero before the world ends. I actually shared that with some legislators here in the U.S.
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Lessons from death row...
lawyers and judges instead let me talk about a couple of modes of intervention that we can all help accomplish because they are modes of intervention that will come about when legislators and policymakers when taxpayers and citizens agree that that's what we ought to be
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In praise of conflict PIPE...
for exaggerating the purported health benefits of its yogurt. And I can tell you about the legislator who despite heavy lobbying directed at both sides of the aisle pushes for environmental protections. These are isolated examples,
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Candis Watts Smith: 3...
to look for things that were obviously racist, fewer people were looking into the current-day policy stances of legislators who probably did blackface but didn't get caught. So, how many of us might have supported a candidate
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What we don't know about...
without providing the institutional support that facilitates that mother-infant bonding to support breastfeeding? The answer we can't. I'm talking to you, legislators, and the voters who elect them.
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Why political...
my thoughts on the uplifting topic of political polarization in our country I want to make three historical points quickly and I hope excessively to you first the way we elect legislators our
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The End of Roe v. Wade...
and work with them to make sure our rights are protected. But equally important, we've got to ensure that we elect -- and I'd actually say more important -- is we've got to elect legislators,
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Steven Pinker and...
Their essay would go viral, get translated into many languages, get debated at pubs and coffee houses and salons, and at dinner parties, and influence leaders, legislators, popular opinion.
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Remapping A Place: How...
rare one our legislators began to see petroglyphs here that are the same as those in the bottom of the Grand Canyon a certain clan symbol a certain way of making a
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Lessons from death row...
That's probably a topic that is best reserved for a room full of lawyers and judges. Instead, let me talk about a couple of modes of intervention that we can all help accomplish, because they are modes of intervention that will come about when legislators and policymakers, when taxpayers and citizens,
Video examples
Shai Agassi: A new...
Cars and trucks add up to about 25 percent of the world's CO2 emissions. We have to come and attack this problem with a focus, with an effort that actually says, we're going to go to zero before the world ends. I actually shared that with some legislators here in the U.S.
Video examples
Lessons from death row...
lawyers and judges instead let me talk about a couple of modes of intervention that we can all help accomplish because they are modes of intervention that will come about when legislators and policymakers when taxpayers and citizens agree that that's what we ought to be
Video examples
In praise of conflict PIPE...
for exaggerating the purported health benefits of its yogurt. And I can tell you about the legislator who despite heavy lobbying directed at both sides of the aisle pushes for environmental protections. These are isolated examples,
Video examples
Candis Watts Smith: 3...
to look for things that were obviously racist, fewer people were looking into the current-day policy stances of legislators who probably did blackface but didn't get caught. So, how many of us might have supported a candidate
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What we don't know about...
without providing the institutional support that facilitates that mother-infant bonding to support breastfeeding? The answer we can't. I'm talking to you, legislators, and the voters who elect them.
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Why political...
my thoughts on the uplifting topic of political polarization in our country I want to make three historical points quickly and I hope excessively to you first the way we elect legislators our
Video examples
The End of Roe v. Wade...
and work with them to make sure our rights are protected. But equally important, we've got to ensure that we elect -- and I'd actually say more important -- is we've got to elect legislators,
Video examples
Steven Pinker and...
Their essay would go viral, get translated into many languages, get debated at pubs and coffee houses and salons, and at dinner parties, and influence leaders, legislators, popular opinion.
Video examples
Remapping A Place: How...
rare one our legislators began to see petroglyphs here that are the same as those in the bottom of the Grand Canyon a certain clan symbol a certain way of making a
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Tom Tancredo
American Politician
Although I am proud of all supporters, especially those legislators who have had the guts to buck the party and support me, there are some supporters who risk more than their political careers. They risk the wrath of extremists and even their livelihood for publicly supporting me.
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Liz Cheney
American Politician
I am strongly pro-life, and I am not pro-gay marriage. I believe the issue of marriage must be decided by the states and by the people in the states - not by judges and not even by legislators, but by the people themselves.
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Henry Cuellar
American Politician
And, as you recall, last year, people were asking us, don't vote on the bill until you read every part of the bill. So, as a good attorney and as a good legislator, I think it's my responsibility to read the amendments.
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James L. Buckley
American Politician
This source of corruption, alas, is inherent in the democratic system itself, and it can only be controlled, if at all, by finding ways to encourage legislators to subordinate ambition to principle.
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Josiah Warren
American Inventor
It has now become a very common sentiment, that there is some deep and radical wrong somewhere, and that legislators have proved themselves incapable of discovering, or, of remedying it.
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William Howard Taft
American President
We live in a stage of politics, where legislators seem to regard the passage of laws as much more important than the results of their enforcement.
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Patricia Polacco
American Author
I have been in more classrooms than any legislator will ever walk into in their lives, and I see wonderful, caring, dedicated teaching out there.
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Robert Zoellick
American Public Servant
The most effective executive branch officials try to help legislators develop explanations for the votes they are being asked to take.
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Rob Portman
American Politician
I like to think I am a serious legislator and trying to get things done. That's my goal in life, to get things done.
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Lucy McBath
American Politician
It is our duty as legislators to protect the success of our students as they pursue higher education.
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Tom Tancredo
American Politician
Although I am proud of all supporters, especially those legislators who have had the guts to buck the party and support me, there are some supporters who risk more than their political careers. They risk the wrath of extremists and even their livelihood for publicly supporting me.
Quote examples
Liz Cheney
American Politician
I am strongly pro-life, and I am not pro-gay marriage. I believe the issue of marriage must be decided by the states and by the people in the states - not by judges and not even by legislators, but by the people themselves.
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Henry Cuellar
American Politician
And, as you recall, last year, people were asking us, don't vote on the bill until you read every part of the bill. So, as a good attorney and as a good legislator, I think it's my responsibility to read the amendments.
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James L. Buckley
American Politician
This source of corruption, alas, is inherent in the democratic system itself, and it can only be controlled, if at all, by finding ways to encourage legislators to subordinate ambition to principle.
Quote examples
Josiah Warren
American Inventor
It has now become a very common sentiment, that there is some deep and radical wrong somewhere, and that legislators have proved themselves incapable of discovering, or, of remedying it.
Quote examples
William Howard Taft
American President
We live in a stage of politics, where legislators seem to regard the passage of laws as much more important than the results of their enforcement.
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Patricia Polacco
American Author
I have been in more classrooms than any legislator will ever walk into in their lives, and I see wonderful, caring, dedicated teaching out there.
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Robert Zoellick
American Public Servant
The most effective executive branch officials try to help legislators develop explanations for the votes they are being asked to take.
Quote examples
Rob Portman
American Politician
I like to think I am a serious legislator and trying to get things done. That's my goal in life, to get things done.
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Lucy McBath
American Politician
It is our duty as legislators to protect the success of our students as they pursue higher education.
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