the legislative process

基本解释

As to whether growing scepticism about the science of climate change - evidenced in some US opinion polls - was slowing the legislative process, Mr Meyer suggested it was not.
一些美国的民意调查显示，对于环境变化科学性的怀疑延缓了相关法律的制定实施，但梅耶（ Meyer）先生对此坚决否认。
Though it was becoming clear that a vote on health-care reform would not come until the following year, we still had to get our bill up to Capitol Hill so that the legislative process could begin.
尽管越来越明显，对医疗保健改革的投票要到来年才能进行，但我们还是得把我们的法案送到国会山去，以便立法程序能够启动。
The civil customs, as an important part of the local legislative resources, deserve due attention in the legislative process.
民事习惯作为本土资源中重要的一部分，在立法过程中应该引起我们的足够重视。

But House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said the Democrats would not start the legislative process all over again.
"Having said that, one of the tricks here is to try and get something done in time for the legislative process - that is the United States Senate and the Duma in Russia - to approve whatever they do before the START-1 treaty expires in December,".

Obviously one way of getting important reforms through the legislative process would be in this vehicle.
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During the legislative process, Rep. McHenry worked extensively with the minority to achieve satisfactory investor protection.
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