He did not like the idea of Congress legislating who could advise him on national security.

Such an attack may be especially effective because "not much successful legislating is taking place this winter," he said.

Indeed, after 10 days, serious legislating is just beginning.

Then, too, they are not the only ones doing the legislating, further curtailing their impact.

But that appears to be exactly what happened in the end-of-session legislating.

"A desire to do good isn't the only ingredient to good legislating."

Once the barbarians are here, they'll do the legislating.

Democrats say the era of such chaotic and secretive legislating came to a close as well.

Yet this is a humane result that did not require aggressive legislating from the bench.

His legislating is characterized by the principlet that music should be pleasure for the listener.

Some Congressional conservatives have wisely cautioned against careless and hasty legislating.

That arrangement allows delegates to vote when the House meets as a "committee of the whole," which is where it does most of its legislating.

Measures aimed at making elections fairer and more competitive are in general the most appropriate topics for populist legislating.

Mr. Dorf said charges that the justices engaged in policy making and legislating were unfounded.

That is the meaning of the assertion that George Bush's distinction between interpreting and legislating does not really exist.

"In particular, such a flexible structure seems a more auspicious way of building the public understanding necessary for ultimately achieving reform than does legislating a commission."

"Judicial legislating," Professor Gerken said, "is an allegation people make when they disagree with the outcome."

They serve as the legislating and policy body for the county enacting laws, ordinances, and taxes .

"It's possible there would be reservations concerning the legislating of medical procedures," Mr. Weisfeld said.

Republicans say his refusal to cut back-room deals with fellow Democrats and lobbyists makes for unusually even-handed, if chaotic legislating.

"He'll do some more legislating."

It's a tiresome business, this legislating!"

Still, legislating does not make it so - in Greece, with its long-standing mistrust of the state, more than anywhere else in western Europe.

If this is political, it is truly unacknowledged legislating, to paraphrase Shelley's famous remark on the true role of poets.

In this House we are often busy legislating on issues which although important to one group or another do not always affect many people in their daily lives.

Too bad we have to try to legislate what seems really to be just common sense.

Everything is not a black/white issue and cannot be legislated.

So what is being done about this, in the race to legislate?

For many business people, the changes legislated by the states could not come too soon.

We believe that there is a need to legislate in this area.

"Congress is trying to legislate its way into things," he said.

President Bush said he did not believe "you legislate that behavior away."

But the government would need to legislate to allow this to happen.

"I think it would be very difficult to legislate what size house you can have."

How will they find time to legislate in Washington and run for governor?

Remember, California has spent much time and money trying to legislate video games.

Of course they are, but I have absolutely no idea how we can legislate against human nature.

As for light, no one can legislate the setting sun.

On planning, we have already legislated to make major changes.

Unfortunately we've never been able to legislate away bad people.

The problem, then and now, was that no one knew how to legislate a dad.

Others said they felt a public education board could not legislate a moral issue.

"It's just not something that should be legislated on a government level."

The government should not be trying to legislate what's sacred.

That too was legislated in 1990, but never carried out.

We need to legislate for a common right of asylum.

Congress does not need to legislate the end of any delivery day.

They may as well try to legislate an end to gravity.

What it needs to do is to legislate well in order to be useful.

Governments often legislate on the total number of school days for state schools.