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Even those lawmakers in town have little or nothing to do.

Several lawmakers said the administration's plan did not go far enough.

Still, some lawmakers feel pretty good about the year's work.

Lawmakers will take the bill up again in about 10 days.

To some lawmakers, the idea of a road is not enough.

Lawmakers want to go on record for or against something.

Federal lawmakers are not expected to take up the issue for months.

Social Security may not be the first place lawmakers look.

But the answer from lawmakers has been the same every time: no.

Still, some lawmakers said Congress reached a new low today.

Some lawmakers said that point was not lost on them.

To be sure, lawmakers had to find something to fight about.

From now on, though, lawmakers actually have to show up.

This bill has been before our lawmakers for 15 years.

The state's lawmakers first met there more than 100 years ago.

It is now up to the lawmakers in the middle.

And that is what the lawmakers want to do away with.

But several Democratic lawmakers said they would still press for more money.

Lawmakers say action is much more likely this year than last.

The increase is the first in five years for the lawmakers.

It is only open to women lawmakers, not the public.

In the end, lawmakers said, the race turned on the potential for a new start.

Lawmakers, though, said they had made no plans to take up the issue.

Even some of the most senior lawmakers say they do not know the man.

But at least the lawmakers got a chance to feel nice about themselves.