Thesaurus results for LEGISLATORS

legislators

noun

plural of legislator

as in lawmakers

a member of an organized body of persons having the authority to make laws the legislators met in an all-night session to hammer out the details of the bill

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Recent Examples of legislators The process left little time for legislators to weigh in on it. — Stephen Hobbs, Sacbee.com, 31 Aug. 2026 In 2019, state legislators proposed Senate Bill 580, which would have used existing state funds to give every public school teacher $400 for classroom supplies. — Rebecca Noel, Charlotte Observer, 31 Aug. 2026 The eight-member body oversees McCuskey’s work and consists of four Democratic and four Republican legislators, including Keicher. — Jeremy Gorner, Chicago Tribune, 29 Aug. 2026 And, during the trial, legislators on both sides gave speeches celebrating Eala. — Albert Samaha, New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2026 The goal, according to legislators and advocates, is to protect consumers from growing electricity costs driven upward by the sprawling facilities and to track the centers’ immense energy and water consumption. — Dakota Smith, Los Angeles Times, 29 Aug. 2026 According to the registry's website, the options were initially developed by referencing regional cookbooks, state historical societies, dishes recognized by state legislators over the years, and foods widely understood as state icons. — James Powel, USA Today, 24 Aug. 2026 In February, Miranda Dietz, the labor center's healthcare program director, told legislators the changes could end up costing California about 200,000 jobs, mostly in the healthcare industry. — Christine Mai-Duc, NPR, 23 Aug. 2026 The 40-member commission includes legislators, college presidents, superintendents, teachers’ union leaders, CBIA, and state officials, among others. — Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 23 Aug. 2026

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And in Congress, lawmakers filed five new bipartisan bills this summer to limit the industry, adding to the dozen-plus pending proposals.

— Marshall Cohen, CNN Money, 30 Aug. 2026
The rollback on beef tariffs, about as popular with some lawmakers as that new round of Canadian tariffs.

— ABC News, ABC News, 30 Aug. 2026

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Those moves, unusual steps aimed at granting the president and his allies far-reaching benefits, put Blanche’s confirmation at risk, prompting key senators to express concern.

— Alanna Durkin Richer, Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 2026
While the senators linked Kennedy’s anti-vaccine work to that deadly measles outbreak, Kennedy denied any connection during the confirmation hearings.

— Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 28 Aug. 2026

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