It later added an annual legislative conference that is always held in the state's capital.

Nearly all House Democrats are out of Washington today at a private legislative conference and most were not available for comment.

She intends, she said, to distribute Florida's bill at national legislative conferences.

The bills passed by during the Legislative Conference are presented to state legislators for consideration.

Delta Days is an annual legislative conference to increase sorority members' involvement in the national public policy-making process.

Mr. Leibell said he believed legislative conferences should be open to the public, acknowledging that "debate has shifted away from the floor and into conference."

Every spring, for instance, the association holds a legislative conference in Washington, bringing in wholesalers and brewers from around the country to lobby on key issues.

"I've been grilled tougher than that," he replied with a characteristic smile, saying his Assembly colleagues have subjected him to harsher questioning in legislative conferences.

Later he said that at national legislative conferences, some Republicans were shocked when he and Mr. Ritter would go out for a beer.

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