lawmaker
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Origin of lawmaker
First recorded in 1350–1400, lawmaker is from Middle English lawe maker. See law 1, maker
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Widdecombe was a Conservative lawmaker between 1987 and 2010 and served as a Home Office minister and an employment minister under Prime Minister John Major.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026
The sister of US Senator Lindsey Graham will serve as his temporary replacement after the South Carolina lawmaker died from an aortic tear on Saturday.
From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026
Greenspan is remembered for telling a member of Congress that if the lawmaker thought he understood what Greenspan was saying, he was certainly mistaken.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 11, 2026
"I hope he's a breath of fresh air," the lawmaker told AFP.
From Barron's ● Jul. 9, 2026
And he had been long in Congress, where he showed himself an able lawmaker.
From The Story of Our Country Every Child Can Read by Hurlbut, Jesse Lyman
Her proposed ascent to high office comes after Hungarian lawmakers last week passed an amendment removing Sulyok, whose last day in office was on Sunday.
From Barron's ● Jul. 20, 2026
No one — not you and not I — knows how lawmakers may address any funding shortfall.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 20, 2026
California has some of the nation’s toughest gun laws, but state lawmakers are concerned that a new technology is allowing criminals to obtain firearms by building them from scratch.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 19, 2026
Whatever it decides, with Mr. Petro in a meltdown over Mr. Cepeda’s loss, it falls to lawmakers, the courts and military to uphold the rule of law.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026
Support for the legislation was so widespread that several Southern lawmakers cast their first vote ever for a civil rights bill.
From "Because They Marched" by Russell Freedman
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