Sentences with phrase «legislative bodies around»

And for most legislative bodies around the globe, updating legislation is not something that happens with sufficient pace to keep up with technological change.

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Additionally, in a 2009 letter to the United States Senate, the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops called on the legislative body to «place the needs of poor families and the most vulnerable in our nation and around the world first in setting priorities in the federal budget resolution.»

Given how many state legislative bodies we took in 2006, and the upcoming redistricting in 2011, I'd expect a lot of bodies could change hands this fall too, and there must be a lot of intensity around those in many states.

Distinct from their Australian, Canadian and Swedish bodies, the New Zealand scheme primarily revolves around the provision of guaranteed Māori seats in the legislative system as opposed to a separate National Indigenous Representative Body or indigenous parliament.