1. Today's hearing was just the first step in the legislative process. 今天的听证会仅仅是立法程序的第一步。
2. The legislative body had voted to oust the country's onetime rulers. 立法机构已投票罢黜了该国以前的统治者们。
3. Only a decade earlier, such an act would have required legislative approval in Virginia. 仅在十年前，这样的法案本来还需要弗吉尼亚州的立法批准。
4. One legislative staffer assumed that a woman of color who advocated affordable childcare must be a single mother. 一名立法人员认为，提倡平价儿童托管服务的有色人种女性一定是单身母亲。
5. A legislative staffer dismissed the activist's concerns, telling her "my husband took care of that—I stayed home". 一位立法人员对这些活动人士的担忧不屑一顾，跟她说：“我丈夫对此负责，而我留在家里。”
