And legislators involved with health issues expressed doubt that the Legislature would pass any new tax in the coming months.

The two legislators expressed divergent ideas on how the job of county legislator should be viewed.

While the vote was not binding, legislators have expressed little appetite for continuing the fight.

In addition, some key Democratic legislators have expressed reservations with the plan.

Yet the provincial legislators who took office today, many of them for the first time, expressed their determination to bring change.

During the same trip, another legislator expressed support for independent labor unions in mainland China.

The legislators and officials expressed sympathy for the rural taxpayers here, he said.

In the past, legislators have expressed support for pay increases, but said that they lacked money.

Some legislators expressed concern but did not threaten to block it.

Republican legislators also expressed concerns about the openness of the selection process.