Some conservative lawmakers have cited the surveys in urging Mr. Walsh not to seek criminal charges against the colonel.

Miners and lawmakers have cited the federal agency's own data in warning that injury rates at his mines were higher than the national average.

A requirement that lawmakers cite the specific constitutional authority that enables the legislation.

Republican lawmakers cited anecdotal evidence that large numbers of Republicans in the Panhandle had decided not to vote after hearing their candidate counted out.

Having perused his works, rightist lawmakers cited verses of his that they found inflammatory and violently anti-Zionist.

But lawmakers and judges increasingly cite the amendment as a basis for efforts to limit Federal encroachments on state sovereignty.

Beyond the budget, lawmakers cite other reasons for the lengthy sessions.

In floor debate on Wednesday, several lawmakers cited what they said was the bill's key provision.

He said the lawmakers had not cited the 1973 War Powers Resolution because the resolution was "a meaningless piece of legislation."

The lawmakers cited a recent police shooting of a man in Bedford-Stuyvesant who was wielding a fake gun.