The states enacted state laws to help fix the problem. From LearnThat.org. [www.yourdictionary.com]
Just as the power to enact is the power to repeal. From Wordnik.com. [Balkinization] Reference
But that would require a constitutional amendment to enact, which is a difficult process. From Wordnik.com. [News] Reference
He has sweeping powers to remove officials and enact laws by decree. From Wordnik.com. [BALKANS TRAGEDY] Reference
Avedon saw the image in his mind, then sought a man who could enact it. From Wordnik.com. [Avedon] Reference
Persson's Social Democratic government will enact more reforms, says Pagrotsky. From Wordnik.com. [Shining Stockholm] Reference
Resorts around the world let novices re-enact the ancient rite of medieval kings. From Wordnik.com. [Falcon Crest] Reference
He needs to enact a social revolution while also maintaining an air of stability. From Wordnik.com. [Eye Of The Storm] Reference
He had said during the campaign only that he would enact reform in his first term. From Wordnik.com. [The PDQ Presidency] Reference
I would enact tougher legislation that would ensure offenders would never do it again. From Wordnik.com. [‘It Can’t Be Any Worse’] Reference
It was the stage inside the mind upon which men and women enact life's loneliest agony. From Wordnik.com. ['An Interior Pain That Is All But Indescribable'] Reference
For years in the Senate, Dole has helped enact credits and loans for wheat sales to Russia. From Wordnik.com. [It's Dole Inc. Vs. Clinton Inc.] Reference
They fell out over an "economic stimulus" bill -- and who was to blame for failing to enact it. From Wordnik.com. [The Next Beltway Battle] Reference
It's true that, in the '50s and early' 60s, Northern Republicans helped enact civil rights laws. From Wordnik.com. [Political Lives: Gop Finds Itself In A Lott Of Pain] Reference
His pledge to enact "structural reform without sanctuary" underpinned the LDP's election triumph. From Wordnik.com. [Taking On The Machine] Reference
By a 59-33 percent margin, Americans in the NEWSWEEK Poll said that Congress should enact his plan. From Wordnik.com. [Clinton's Revolution] Reference
He's under pressure to jump-start the ailing economy, clean up corruption and enact democratic reforms. From Wordnik.com. [The General's Intentions] Reference
Somewhat ridiculously, they enact elemental story lines about greed, ego, death, betrayal and humiliation. From Wordnik.com. [Power Failure] Reference
So was Deng's experience after liberation in 1949, when he set out to enact land reform in Sichuan province. From Wordnik.com. [Deng's Revolution] Reference
Tsvangirai has met with Barack Obama in the White House, but he struggles to enact the simplest laws at home. From Wordnik.com. [Africa’s Worst Job] Reference
NARAL says there are 26 states that are likely to enact more stringent laws or enforce existing prohibitions. From Wordnik.com. [Abortion Angst] Reference
Of course, we should take sensible personal precautions and enact prudent safety and environmental regulations. From Wordnik.com. [The Triumph Of The Psycho-Fact] Reference
The long-term worry is whether Lula can rally reluctant lawmakers to enact reforms on labor, social security and taxes. From Wordnik.com. [PERISCOPE] Reference
They promise to repeal this or enact that -- as though the legislative branch were a passive appendage of the executive. From Wordnik.com. [THE DEFLATION OF POLITICS] Reference
The second component: all loans would be replaced by outright grants (a policy that Princeton was first to enact, in 2001). From Wordnik.com. [A Financial Earthquake] Reference
But in order to enact that vision he laid out would have required a huge undertaking that we never came close to achieving. From Wordnik.com. [Lessons from Katrina] Reference
Only the political class can enact limits, and limits would be unnecessary if that class were susceptible to self-restraint. From Wordnik.com. [Save Us From The Purists] Reference
The mythos of that world becomes something that kids re-enact in their play but they're not replicating stories that they see on TV. From Wordnik.com. [No Tickle Me Elmo This Year] Reference
Balfour also hinted that the government might enact legislation giving it the authority to restructure the sport from top to bottom. From Wordnik.com. [South Africa: Fallout From A Stampede] Reference
That is why the Fed must enact stringent capital requirements, as they do for banks, for any firm for which it provides a safety net. From Wordnik.com. [What Should Uncle Sam Do?] Reference
The ruling party is also moving to enact a new law allowing prosecutors to press online-libel charges without the consent of victims. From Wordnik.com. [When Words Kill] Reference
Or perhaps you prefer the Alfred Hitchcock exhibit, which affords the audience the chance to re-enact the shower scene from "Psycho.". From Wordnik.com. [A Real Kongfrontation] Reference
But as one senior Turkish official recently put it: "If there were a coup, what would the U.S. do -- enact sanctions against Turkey?". From Wordnik.com. [The Coming Coup d'Etat?] Reference
If its companies start offshoring more, unemployment could rise -- and with it the impulse to enact self-defeating protectionist laws. From Wordnik.com. [The Big Squeeze] Reference
"We're going to have to enact laws that some people from the far left and the far right won't like," adds a senior intelligence source. From Wordnik.com. ['We've Hit The Targets'] Reference
As a first step, I favor licensing of new handguns over registration of all guns because it's the next practical measure we can enact. From Wordnik.com. ['There Is More We Can Do'] Reference
He liked to play the role of altar boy, helping to re-enact the drama of Christ's Last Supper, in support of more blessed and worthy men. From Wordnik.com. [The 'Runt' Of The Family] Reference
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