legislation

01. The government recently passed [legislation] which prohibits tobacco advertising at sporting events.

02. Members of all the political parties are meeting at the [Legislature] in an effort to find a solution to the crisis.

03. The Japanese government has been trying to [legislate] more holiday time for its workers because people often don't use their vacation time in that country.

04. Many people the world over are urging governments to pass [legislation] limiting the development of new cloning technologies.

05. I think we need [legislation] to protect consumers from genetically-modified foods until it has been proven that this food is not harmful.

06. You cannot [legislate] free speech; either you have the right to say anything you want or you don't; anything else is simply not free speech.

07. Under the Canadian political system, the Senate's powers are largely limited to delaying the endorsement of [legislation] passed by the House.

08. [Legislation] protects all lab animals from cruelty or mistreatment.

09. P. J. O'Rourke once suggested that when buying and selling are controlled by legislation, the first things to be bought and sold are [legislators].

10. Environmentalists are asking the government to pass [legislation] to protect endangered species.

11. The government has introduced [legislation] to force striking teachers back to work.

12. According to new [legislation] in India, only people with 2 or fewer children will be eligible to become members of Parliament in the future.

13. Iceland has the world's oldest functioning [Legislative] Assembly, the Althing, which was established in 930.

14. The striking hospital workers were [legislated] back to work.

15. The government is considering [legislating] the striking nurses back to work.

16. In the early 1900s, women voters used their lobby to convince [legislators] to outlaw the production, sale and consumption of alcohol.