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By 1867, Congress was legislating on the subject, creating a federal Department of Education to work alongside the Freedmen’s Bureau and continue its work after the bureau inevitably wound down.

From Slate • Feb. 6, 2025

Broadly speaking, it was less desired in Ireland than in Great Britain; and even for Great Britain Mr. Lloyd George was legislating in advance of public opinion rather than in response to it.

From John Redmond's Last Years by Gwynn, Stephen Lucius

Indeed, this defect bears witness to the fact that Congress was legislating, not for actual, but for hypothetical communities.

From Stephen A. Douglas A Study in American Politics by Johnson, Allen

Instead of clinging to the naïve belief that Plato was legislating for all mankind, you can discuss his plans as a temporary superstructure made for an historical purpose.

From A Preface to Politics by Lippmann, Walter

The same Demetrius, when he was legislating himself, decreed each of these women a drachma per diem.

From Plutarch: Lives of the noble Grecians and Romans by Clough, Arthur Hugh