41.   The congress members are selected by the party and the legislature is a compliant body that has never overturned a major party decision.

42.   The elected legislature is already gone, to be replaced on Tuesday by an appointed body.

43.   The legislature is angry, divided, filled with muscle-flexing and political agendas.

44.   The legislature is largely powerless, and so devotes most of its effort to criticizing the government.

45.   The legislature is the centerpiece of the Good Friday agreement and becomes effective only on the transfer of home-rule powers from the British Parliament here.

46.   The Maine legislature is the first in the country to just say no to drug prices.

47.   The legislature is in the midst of a divisive struggle over education reform that has all but consumed lawmakers in recent weeks.

48.   The new legislature is theoretically temporary, but China has left unclear whether it will eventually allow a freely elected body.

49.   The legislature is solidly Republican.

50.   The New York legislature is poised to vote a second time on a state constitutional amendment to legalize gambling.