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Now if that meme can just get out to a few state legislatures (here's looking at you, New Jersey), we'd be set.

The state legislatures act in much the same way, although the process for enacting a bill within the legislatures is often more streamlined.

The legislatures of neither side have approved the FTA, so a certain amount of renegotiation was always going to be unavoidable.

This would have to be authorised by the Bundestag and perhaps other legislatures as well.

Or the legislatures of two thirds of the states may ask Congress to call a national convention to discuss and draft amendments.

It is a unitary constitutional monarchy with an emperor and an elected parliament, one of the oldest legislatures in Asia.

House of Representatives The lower house of the U. S. Congress and of most state legislatures.

In all, Republicans appear to have gained at least nine governorships, and won control of 11 state legislatures (see article).

With revenue plummeting, legislatures and governors are often unable to agree on spending cuts or higher taxes to narrow the gap.

He says if you look at legislatures across the region, only a very small percentage of women are part of the political system.

Scalia asks again why this isn't "precisely the kind of a problem that you should rely upon legislatures to take care of? "

The little place has one of the world's biggest legislatures, with more than 400 members, and voters expect to meet politicians in person.

Given the general weakness of federal regulations, various state legislatures have enacted their own protection laws.

Elected legislatures are the principal forum for deliberating, debating, and passing laws in a representative democracy.

Because these legislatures guide redistricting, Republicans will now be able to choose their voters.

any federal law or regulation could be repealed if the legislatures of two-thirds of the states voted to do so.

This would have to be authorised by the Bundestag and perhaps other legislatures.

Before Perry v. Schwarzenegger, Lambda Legal, an advocacy group, had been conducting a careful campaign in state legislatures and courts.

Wen pointed out that the exchanges and cooperation between the two legislatures are an important part of bilateral relations.

He welcomes more Argentine officials to visit China in a bid to enhance the contact and cooperation of the legislatures of both countries.

In the United States, state legislatures in California, Oregon, and Washington have introduced bills banning shark fin possession and trade.

State legislatures divide the states into congressional districts, which must be substantially equal in population.

Of late, state legislatures and executives have been closing their purses as they struggle to balance tight budgets.

What others in Congress and the state legislatures had in mind cannot be determined with and degree of certainty.

The legislatures of Scotland and Wales, with a combined population roughly equal to London's, are much more powerful.

Why did they not suggest that their own legislatures raise a tax to help repay England's debt and defray costs of defending the frontier.

Senators were not to be elected, but to be appointed by the state legislatures.

The institution of time fixed for the conference is an essential institution of legislatures activity.

Seven state legislatures have now voted to allow gay marriage or some watered-down variant of it.

They welcomed further exchanges between the national legislatures, local authorities, academics, young people and other sectors.

Were it not for the dollar limits set by state legislatures, innkeepers would be liable under common law.

Local Chinese party secretaries exercise sweeping control over the local media, legislatures and courts.

Click on "Legislatures" and "Websites" for links to individual states' legislature websites, state constitutions, and legislation.

Legislatures can sometimes overturn referendum results, as Schleswig-Holstein's did for the spelling reform, and courts have modified them.

He became a member of the British parliament, to pass legislatures so that all persons will be treated equal and with dignity.

Under this system the leading families of the colonial period evolved into units with more substantial social power than legislatures.

The prevention of serious errors in medical care has long been of concern to health professionals, as well as courts and legislatures.

Despite such efforts, double-dipping is becoming more common, says Ron Snell of the National Conference of State Legislatures .

In many U. S states, state legislatures are back in session this week and next.

The games have, understandably, become a favorite crutch for legislatures looking to raise money without hiking taxes.

After all, when you amend the Constitution, state legislatures must participate in the ratification of the Constitution.

With rare exceptions, the two major parties control the presidency, the Congress, the governorships, and the state legislatures.

They believed that the rich held undue sway over too many sectors of society - churches, legislatures , ships, factories, etc.

District congresses (or county congresses in rural areas) elect local-government chiefs and select members of higher-level legislatures.

But it is also used to apportion seats in the House of Representatives and draw boundaries for state legislatures and school boards.

The abovementioned facts have sharp contrasts to the legislatures and judicial practice of other countries.

Members take turn to receive overseas visitors , a majority of whom being parliamentarians of other legislatures .

Any such proposal to globalise monetary policy would provoke explosions of disbelief in legislatures worldwide.

In other states, citizen initiatives may force the legislatures to vote on an issue.

Because states still controlled voting, women began by lobbying state legislatures for the ballot.

Constitutional amendments are generally passed by Congress and ratified by state legislatures.

Hungary, Sweden and Denmark have qualms or face political difficulties passing the deal through legislatures.

The main duty of the new legislatures and governors, however, will be to balance the states' budgets.

And, like many European governments, state legislatures and governors are reluctant to impose the necessary pain.

The role of " legislatures " was mainly confined to compiling and annotating the unwritten conventions.

Some courts and legislatures have extended those rights, but voters have consistently opposed gay marriage.

Countries can sign the treaty, and once their laws conform with the treaty, their national legislatures can ratify it.

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For many years direct democracy worked as a safety valve, if and when legislatures proved corrupt or unresponsive.

It focuses its cuts on discretionary spending, which future legislatures can too easily override.

Bills in Texas and other state legislatures propose selling long-term leases for the state lotteries to private buyers.

Harm caused in the exercise of their public functions, the Federal and Cantonal legislatures may.

At their best, national laws enjoy the legitimacy conferred on them by accountable legislatures.

However, legislatures are not taking this newfound power against police abuse lightly.

A series of votes on a second bailout for Greece are also scheduled in national legislatures.

In elections to regional legislatures in Russia, United Russia, the pro-Kremlin party, swept the board.

Provides current information about the structure and activities of state legislatures.

In the weeks before, eight separate state legislatures had dealt the industry blows of varying severity.

IV. Making good use of the role of the legislatures and their representatives while realizing the administrative relief.

They are all but certain to lose their current majority of governorships, and to cede ground to the Republicans in state legislatures.

With five parties now the norm in German legislatures, such conundrums will surely become more common.

Efforts to bring equality for gays have had a tumultuous course in America's legislatures, courts and voting booths.

In politics, men still dominate most of the planet's governments and legislatures.

The network had to find ways win the hearts not just of consumers, but of city councils and state legislatures.

The WCI launched in February 2007 and is making its way through state and provincial legislatures.

Weak states have legislatures at their core and interest groups dominate policy making (e. g. USA).

The European Parliament is a poor substitute for national legislatures.

He has kept among us, in times of peace, standing armies without the consent of our legislatures.

Originally, senators were chosen by state legislatures, but since 1913 they have been popularly elected.

Several other state legislatures have taken up similar proposals.

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Voters will elect representatives to the 400-seat National Assembly and to the legislatures of South Africa's nine provinces .

Look first to the courts and the legislatures to try to get them to do something to make the system make more sense .

Despite its recent setbacks, the voucher movement is gaining ground in state legislatures and some state courts.

In more than 20 states, cash-strapped legislatures are talking about cutting funding or have already done so.

School districts and State legislatures should strongly consider 7-hour school days, as well as a 200- to 220-day school year.

Nor are we optimistic that state legislatures will take further action.

Legislatures often act in a negatory manner.

When the nation began, the legislatures mostly named electors directly.

As proof, they pointed to new laws the southern legislatures passed.

Republicans also did well in state legislatures.

All of these are known for being high-tax states, dominated by legislatures that are well known for their hostility to private enterprise.

Well, a lot of things that affect you everyday are determined by State Legislatures.

Wu noted that the exchange and cooperation between the two legislatures are an important part of bilateral ties.

They imagine there is no safety for them, any longer than they are under the close guardianship of the state legislatures.

Where it is legal, gay marriage has been championed by courts and legislatures, not voters.

Legislatures must answer a host of questions.

He also served in both the Illinois and U. S. legislatures.

In the short term, many decisions about energy extraction in the polar regions will be made in courts and legislatures much farther south.

Some 400 or more anti-abortion bills are put before state legislatures every year, of which 30 on average succeed.

To know this, it is hardly necessary to examine what transpires in the French and English legislatures;

Broad Bills or Particularistic Policy? Historical Patterns in American State Legislatures Gerald Gamm, Thad Kousser

The System of Committees in the Legislatures of Various Countries

National Conference of State Legislatures, NCSL

National Conference of State Legislatures

The National Conference of State Legislatures

Cohesion and Discipline in Legislatures

To the cooperation between our two legislatures,

In some states, new legislatures have to work fast