congressman

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Recent Examples of congressman After a performance by the indie rock band Calexico and an introduction by one of the late Raúl Grijalva’s daughters—Grijalva was a long-serving Democratic congressman from Tucson, who died on March 13th—the headliners gave their speeches. Emily Witt, The New Yorker, 25 Mar. 2025 His decision to nominate Mike Pompeo as CIA director led to the need for a special election to fill the former congressman's seat representing Wichita and a sprawling portion of the state along the Oklahoma border. Hunter Woodall, CBS News, 31 Mar. 2025 In January, Republican congressman Jefferson Van Drew of New Jersey introduced a federal bill to abolish the use of prior authorization altogether. Lauren Sausser | Kff Health News, ABC News, 31 Mar. 2025 And last year, The Daily Beast reported that the former congressman George Santos had texted insults to a group chat containing members of the New York Republican delegation. Callie Holtermann, New York Times, 26 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for congressman
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Noun
  • The decision marks a remarkable blow to the congresswoman who turned from being a Trump skeptic to one of his strongest and loudest supporters – and who gave up a No. 4 leadership spot in the House GOP after Trump nominated her to the U.N. post.
    Alexander Bolton, The Hill, 27 Mar. 2025
  • The congresswoman and the attorney general have been contacted for comment via email and the Justice Department website, respectively, outside of normal working hours.
    Kevin Sabet, Newsweek, 24 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • The Vermont senator, who is fresh off his Fighting Oligarchy Tour with Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, will face questions from Democrats, Republicans, and Independents.
    Hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Apr. 2025
  • On Tuesday, 14 Maine state senators signed a letter sent to the White House condemning Gov. Janet Mills for continuing to support trans-inclusion in girls’ and women’s sports.
    Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 9 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • And in stepped William Craven, a state assemblyman from 1973 to 1978 and senator from 1978 to 1998.
    Julie Gallant, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Apr. 2025
  • Judges aren’t councilmen or assemblymen or congressmen or mayors or presidents.
    New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 30 Mar. 2025

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