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How to use the word Caucus in a Sentence? Page #6

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All I said was a statement of fact, the four of them opposed the bill. We were protecting the children. Overwhelmingly, our caucus voted to protect the children -- our blue dogs, our moderates and all the rest voted to protect the children.

– Nancy Pelosi

Found on CNN
4 years ago

In the 1980s and 1990s, violent crime was out of control. The crime bill was designed to deal with that problem. That's why it was supported overwhelmingly by the Democratic party, by African American leaders all across the nation including a majority of the black caucus in the Congress, it worked, it worked in some areas. But it failed in others. Like every major change, you go back and you make it better.

– Joe Biden

Found on CNN
4 years ago

The speaker continues to work with her caucus and the USTR to strengthen these critical areas of the proposed agreement.

– Henry Connelly

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

I have the highest regard for them and they're my close friends, i didn't want to be a further distraction for House Freedom Caucus.

– Justin Amash

Found on CNN
4 years ago

I was in a caucus with James Eastland. James Eastland never called me' boy.' James Eastland always called me' son,'.

– Joe Biden

Found on CNN
4 years ago

I was in a caucus with James Eastland. James Eastland never called me' boy,' James Eastland always called me' son,' well, guess what ? At least there was some civility. We got things done. We didn't agree on much of anything. We got things done. We got it finished.

– Joe Biden

Found on CNN
4 years ago

We do not sit on opposite sides of an aisle, we do not caucus in separate rooms, and we do not serve one party or one interest. We serve one nation.

– John Roberts

Found on CNN
4 years ago

I was in a caucus with Jim Eastland. Jim Eastland never called me' boy,' Jim Eastland always called me' son,' well, guess what ? At least there was some civility. We got things done. We didn't agree on much of anything. We got things done. We got it finished.

– Vice President Biden

Found on CNN
4 years ago

These are Iowans who will have a very high propensity to caucus, the people in a busy summer weekend that come to Cedar Rapids on a Sunday afternoon to sit through 19 speeches are people who are absolutely going to caucus.

– Matt Paul

Found on CNN
4 years ago

People are still just trying to get as much information as they can. There are so many good candidates, they want to hear them all - and a lot of things can happen between now and the caucus date in February.

– Scott Punteney

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

I think the speaker is rightfully cautious, she has to work with Congressional Black Caucus, she also did not have the benefit of knowing in advance what total obstruction Donald Trump would insist upon. ... So now that she has that information I hope she'll be joining us in encouraging the prompt institution of impeachment proceedings.

– Lloyd Doggett

Found on CNN
4 years ago

There's no question, White House is just crying out for impeachment. That's why he flipped yesterday. ... You all have a story that isn't real. I mean, you want to believe that there's all this unease in our caucus. That simply isn't the truth.

– Nancy Pelosi

Found on CNN
4 years ago

How we deal with it is a decision that our caucus makes, and our caucus is very much saying' whatever we do, we need to be ready when we do it,'.

– Nancy Pelosi

Found on CNN
4 years ago

That's something Donald TrumpDespite does well, to distract from problems that Donald TrumpDespite has. Donald TrumpDespite tries to change the subject, i think what really got to Donald TrumpDespite is these court cases and the fact that the House Democratic caucus is not on a path to impeachment and that's where Donald TrumpDespite wants us to be.

– Nancy Pelosi

Found on CNN
4 years ago

I think what we have, John, is we have a situation in which I think a growing majority of our caucus believes that impeachment is going to be inevitable.

– John Yarmuth

Found on CNN
4 years ago

It's such a sea change from the DOMA bill, and I think the divisiveness between House Democrats is very low, the press, sometimes because it's boring to say people agree, believes the interesting story is disagreement. But the Democratic caucus is very cohesive.

– Zoe Lofgren

Found on CNN
4 years ago

I told our caucus yesterday that this will be draconian. They probably haven't thought about it much because they think we'll take care of it.

– Senator Shelby

Found on CNN
4 years ago

House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff, D-Calif., arrives for a Democratic Caucus meeting in Washington back in March. Adam Schiff, the focus of Republicans' post-Mueller ire, says Mueller's conclusion would not affect his own committee's counterintelligence probes. ( AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) As both the special counsel and the Department of Justice have recognized, the Congress has a vital constitutional role in evaluating misconduct by the executive branch, including the president, and to assess and refine laws that address the sweeping and systematic invasion of our democracy by Russia, we therefore need these materials in order to do our job.

– Adam Schiff

Found on FOX News
4 years ago

I haven't said I'd vote for him or against him, but he hasn't been nominated yet. I've been on Senate Banking Committee a long time, chaired Senate Banking Committee three times, and I raised that in the caucus. Senate Banking Committee would be Senate Banking Committee, being a member of the board of governors of the Federal Reserve is an important job, and you should not have controversy following you in or out of the job.

– Richard Shelby

Found on CNN
4 years ago

Obviously all of my fellow members of the CPA and accountant caucus could understand whatever documents are produced, and I think to not turn them over is without defense, and attacking the intelligence of members of Congress seems to be the only thing that the President's spokesperson can do.

– Brad Sherman

Found on CNN
5 years ago

Education, infrastructure and healthcare are really the issues that we ran on last November, and we're just trying to get the (Democratic) caucus to do that.

– Mark Pocan

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

With no Republican votes, we can only lose 17 votes on anything, so, obviously, any caucus can bring down anything on any bill. We have to figure out if we are going to be able to govern or not. This is our first test of it.

– John Yarmuth

Found on CNN
5 years ago

She had always been correct -- and that's why the overwhelmingly majority of the House Democratic caucus backed her position when she first uttered it, now of course the wisdom of her perspective is now being revealed for others who may have criticized her.

– Hakeem Jeffries

Found on CNN
5 years ago

At the end of the day, there are 239 members of the House Democratic caucus and the overwhelming majority of those members have made clear that we should proceed with caution with respect to impeachment.

– Hakeem Jeffries

Found on CNN
5 years ago

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