enactment
Origin of enactment
1Other words from enactment
- non·en·act·ment, noun
- re·en·act·ment, noun
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How to use enactment in a sentence
The work contributed to the enactment of new regulatory measures, including the 2010 Dodd-Frank law aimed at preventing another Wall Street meltdown and consumer abuses.
Carl Levin, six-term Michigan senator who garnered bipartisan respect, dies at 87 | Michael H. Brown | July 30, 2021 | Washington PostIn the first six months of 2021, a “tidal wave” of voting rights legislation has resulted in the enactment of 153 new laws in 38 states—with over half increasing access to voting.
Inside the State-by-State, Super-Partisan War Over Voting Rights | Jackie Kucinich | June 17, 2021 | The Daily BeastIn some cases, as with the new laws in Georgia and Florida, the enactment of those laws has spurred controversy and backlash.
It’s not just voting: Legislators have introduced 100 state bills targeting protesting | Philip Bump | May 13, 2021 | Washington PostThe For the People Act, however, presently has no viable route to enactment in the 50-50 Senate.
Democrats tweak marquee voting bill as they seek path out of Senate | Mike DeBonis | May 6, 2021 | Washington PostWith the enactment of Medicare and Medicaid in the late 1960s, taxpayers footed more of the bill for the failing asylum system, so the public started demanding change.
History's Lesson for Activists Who Want to Defund the Police | Sarah E. Ryan | April 20, 2021 | Time
Since its enactment in 1997, 752 Oregonians have used prescriptions for lethal medications for their intended purpose.
The Beautiful Newlywed Who Made the Right Change Its Mind on Physician-Assisted Death | Samantha Allen | October 10, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTFirst, he maintains that enactment of such a law “would overrule a historic Supreme Court decision.”
Democracy Demands a Journalist-Source Shield Law | Geoffrey R. Stone | April 15, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe enactment of these proposals would strike a much better balance between the interests of liberty and security.
A dramatic video re-enactment, four minutes of silence, and a tribute to Thomas Jefferson.
George Zimmerman Defense: Trayvon Wasn’t Injured, ‘Except for the Gunshot’ | Jacqui Goddard | July 12, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTYet however long the enactment, the text of a complex modern statute is only the very roughest guide to its future operation.
This enactment was due principally to the railway accidents that occurred.
Fifty Years of Railway Life in England, Scotland and Ireland | Joseph TatlowThis enactment, if honestly carried into effect, would have been unobjectionable.
The History of England from the Accession of James II. | Thomas Babington MacaulayOne of the first effects of this amendment in Virginia was a legislative enactment requiring all women to pay the poll tax.
Hallowed Heritage: The Life of Virginia | Dorothy M. TorpeyThe marked feature of this period is the paucity of statutory enactment affecting relief.
English Poor Law Policy | Sidney WebbThis enactment, passed by the Scottish parliament of 1551, calls for notice upon other grounds besides those of morality.
A Cursory History of Swearing | Julian Sharman
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