#legislative

The most important consideration I have is I want my legislative shop to have a functional office suite that is conducive to getting their work accomplished. ↗

— Steve Womack

#conducive #consideration #functional #getting #i

The principles of a free constitution are irrecoverably lost, when the legislative power is nominated by the executive. ↗

— Edward Gibbon

#executive #free #legislative #lost #nominated

Redistricting is one of the purest actions a legislative body can take. ↗

— John Engler

#body #legislative #purest #redistricting #take

This bill is the legislative equivalent of crack. It yields a short-term high but does long-term damage to the system and it's expensive to boot. ↗

— Barney Frank

#boot #crack #damage #does #equivalent

I am 100 percent supportive of the stand-alone bill to repeal 'don't ask, don't tell' that Sens. Lieberman and Collins have now proposed, and indeed I will co-sponsor that legislation. It is time for this discriminatory policy to end, and I am willing to pursue any effective legislative path that could lead to that result. ↗

— Carl Levin

#any #ask #bill #collins #could

The fact is, if our primary legislative goals are to repeal and replace the health spending bill; to end the bailouts; cut spending; and shrink the size and scope of government, the only way to do all these things it is to put someone in the White House who won't veto any of these things. ↗

— Mitch McConnell

#bailouts #bill #cut #end #fact

First, the American legislative process isn't well suited to large and complex measures. ↗

— George J. Mitchell

#complex #first #large #legislative #legislative process

I will not use my legislative powers except in a very limited framework. ↗

— Mohammed Morsi

#framework #i #legislative #limited #powers

The executive branch has grown too strong, the judicial branch too arrogant and the legislative branch too stupid. ↗

— Lyn Nofziger

#branch #executive #executive branch #grown #judicial

It is the union of independence and dependence of these branches - legislative, executive and judicial - and of the governmental functions possessed by each of them, that constitutes the marvellous genius of this unrivalled document. ↗

— J. Reuben Clark

#constitutes #dependence #document #each #executive