Sentences with phrase «identical pieces of legislation»

Second, it can lead to opposite results from judging essentially identical pieces of legislation.

U.S. Rep. Joe Crowley (D - Jackson Heights) hopes a proposed bill allocating $ 70 billion to teachers and first responders around the country will pass with presidential support, although a nearly identical piece of legislation did not gain enough support to even come to a vote in the Democratically led U.S. Senate last year.