Word: enact
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...past two years, anti-pornography feminist groups have tried to enact identical laws in Minneapolis, Indianapolis, Los Angeles, and New York. But in August, a U.S. Court of Appeals upheld a lower court ruling that an Indianapolis statute, similar to the Cambridge proposal, was unconstitutional...
Under Massachusetts law, ordinary citizens can file a petition demanding that a certain measure which the government has not adopted be referred to the voters. When presented with a legally certified initiative petition, a city council must either enact the proposed ordinance or put it on the ballot. In this case, Cambridge lawmakers chose neither option...
...city council claims that Cambridge statutes give them 20 days to decide whether a non-binding referendum should be on the ballot. However, the Alliance charges that local laws require the council to enact either the legislation, or place the issue on the ballot if 8 percent of the city's registered voters sign a petition...
President Bok joined 19 other college and university presidents in urging the U.S. Senate to enact legislation that would impose strong sanctions on the South African government. In a letter to Senate Majority Leader Robert Dole (R-Kan.) and Minority Leader Robert C. Byrd (D-W. Va.), the presidents wrote that the U.S. must punish South Africa for its refusal to dismantle its apartheid system by "sending an unequivocal message through the imposition of official sanctions...
President Bok joined 19 other college and university presidents in urging the U.S. Senate to enact legislation that would impose strong sanctions on the South African government. In a letter to Senate Majority Leader Robert Dole (R-Kan.) and Minority Leader Robert C. Byrd (D-W. Va.), the presidents wrote that the U.S. must punish South Africa for its refusal to dismantle its apartheid system by "sending an unequivocal message through the imposition of official sanctions...