member of Congress

Example Sentences

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Bass, a former state Assembly speaker and 12-year member of Congress, took office two years later and made homelessness her signature issue, convincing the council to expand her power to respond to the crisis.

From Los Angeles Times

Allowing these sanctions on a member of Congress would be an “unprecedented step,” his lawyers said, which “would invert the constitutional structure by subordinating the legislative branch to executive discipline and chilling congressional oversight of the armed forces.”

From The Wall Street Journal

Congress has stipulated in yearly appropriations packages since 2020 that federal funds may not be used to prevent a member of Congress “from entering, for the purpose of conducting oversight, any facility operated by or for the Department of Homeland Security used to detain or otherwise house aliens.”

From Los Angeles Times

The job is that of a senator or a member of Congress.

From Slate

That didn’t stop “Generations” from becoming a bestseller — Al Gore, then a Democratic senator from Tennessee, sent a copy to every member of Congress.

From Salon