sponsored legislation

collocation in English

meaningsofsponsoredandlegislation

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sponsored
adjective[before noun]
uk
/ˈspɒn.səd/us
/ˈspɑːn.sɚd/
used to refer to an event in which each person taking part collects promises from people to give them money when they have completed ...
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legislation
noun[U]
uk
/ˌledʒ.ɪˈsleɪ.ʃən/us
/ˌledʒ.əˈsleɪ.ʃən/
a law or set of laws suggested by a government and made official by ...
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(Definition ofsponsoredandlegislationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Then shesponsoredlegislationto address some of their concerns.
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Perhaps we could havesponsoredlegislation, too.
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That year he alsosponsoredlegislationto declare the northern largemouth bass the official state fish.
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He alsosponsoredlegislationto increase the hours of driving sixteen year-olds needed to obtain a driver's license and saw it enacted into law.
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Schroeder alsosponsoredlegislationlimiting the amount of debt that municipalities could take on.
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He unsuccessfullysponsoredlegislationthat sought to outlaw all three.
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Witwersponsoredlegislationto improve public access to hiking trails by extending legal liability protection to landowners who allow public access to their land.
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Her firstsponsoredlegislationwas designed to make the federal government more efficient.
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She successfullysponsoredlegislationproviding for the early childhood education program.
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He is also an avid supporter of renewable energy andsponsoredlegislationto encourage more solar gardens and increase energy efficiency schools.
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He alsosponsoredlegislationto protect consumers from embarrassing and threatening debt collection practices.
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He advocated for home rule andsponsoredlegislationthat gave local governments' greater control over their own organization.
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Hesponsoredlegislation, signed into law in 1965, that provided cash awards to military service personnel for cost-cutting ideas.
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In 1997, hesponsoredlegislationto set standards to license hospice programs.
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He alsosponsoredlegislationto grant public hospitals taxing authority so that they can satisfy the federal definition of a public hospital and qualify for federal funding.
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As a senator, hesponsoredlegislationthat would allow adults to purchase sterile syringes from pharmacies without a prescription.
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He alsosponsoredlegislationthat would allow spouses of active duty military members to be eligible for unemployment compensation when their family is transferred to a new duty assignment.
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