He addresses powerful legislators by nicknames that may not be entirely respectful.

Equally powerful, though, are the benefits the C-130 brings to the home states of several powerful legislators.

By all accounts, it was a corrupt legislature filled with powerful, self-dealing legislators.

Now one of the most powerful legislators in the state, Bigler enjoyed widespread name recognition.

What's not new is the complex's interest in promoting jobs and revenues in the home districts of powerful legislators.

The state's two most powerful legislators said today that they would be "shocked" and "surprised" if the Legislature voted to increase its salary this year.

But the Natives' own lawyer, the state's most powerful legislator, advised them against pressing for payment.

Thus, a prison is likely to be situated to reward a powerful legislator or to shore up a weak one.

We can all do things for each other if we're united, and with me as senior consul we have the most powerful legislator the Republic owns.

It also adds $25 million in new spending on pet projects in powerful legislators' districts.