How to Use minority leader in a Sentence

minority leader

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  • There are times when the speaker has to cut a deal with the minority leader.
    — Michael Tomasky, The New Republic, 6 Oct. 2023
  • That has opened the door for Christine Drazan, a former minority leader in the state House.
    — Philip Elliott, Time, 4 Oct. 2022
  • In 2011, Democrats lost the House, and Pelosi became minority leader.
    — Jennifer Haberkorn, Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2022
  • Pelosi spent two decades as a leader of Democrats in the House—rising from whip to minority leader to speaker.
    — Michael Kazin, The New Republic, 23 Nov. 2022
  • Yes, the former president is vain, and the House minority leader crossed him.
    — Timothy Noah, The New Republic, 22 Apr. 2022
  • McConnell might be forgiving of many things, but having to serve as the minority leader is not one of them.
    — Julian Zelizer, CNN, 8 Dec. 2022
  • No, said Hakeem Jeffries, the House minority leader, who agreed the costs of inaction were too high.
    — Tony Romm, Marianna Sotomayor, Leigh Ann Caldwell, Tyler Pager, Jeff Stein, Rachel Siegel, The Washington Post, Anchorage Daily News, 4 June 2023
  • The minority leader turned away from the podium and stood nearby while others took the microphone.
    — Virginia Chamlee, Peoplemag, 14 Feb. 2024
  • Enter Email Sign Up In total, the minority leader was silent for more than 20 seconds.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 30 Aug. 2023
  • Schmitt was the first this week to blast the minority leader while speaking at a campaign event in Columbia, Missouri, Wednesday.
    — Aubrie Spady, Fox News, 29 July 2022
  • Scott, the House minority leader from Portsmouth, has come out for Lucas, calling her a mentor and voice for people who’ve been marginalized.
    — Laura Vozzella, Washington Post, 5 June 2023
  • McConnell, the minority leader, signaled his support for the bill.
    — Compiled By Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 18 Jan. 2024
  • Then the minority leader of the U.S. House of Representatives walked in.
    — Matt Sullivan, Rolling Stone, 2 July 2022
  • Serving as both the majority and the minority leader, McCarthy has led Republicans in the House the past nine years.
    — Kyle Morris, Fox News, 7 Jan. 2023
  • McCarthy has had to deal with detractors in the right-wing House Freedom Caucus as minority leader.
    — Ken Tran, USA TODAY, 4 Dec. 2022
  • Much of it had to do with the fact that McCarthy was the House minority leader at the time and, by extension, one of the country’s most influential Republicans.
    — Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 26 Apr. 2022
  • McCarthy’s spokesman denies that the minority leader has made such an offer.
    — Robert Draper, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2022
  • The Senate minority leader spoke to a crowded ballroom about the war in Ukraine, inflation, the mid-term election and the price of prescription drugs, among other issues.
    — Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer, 18 Aug. 2022
  • Daniels – who serves as minority leader – sponsored a bill that would exempt overtime pay from state taxes.
    — Scott Turner | , al, 14 June 2023
  • Kemp will face Abrams, a former state House minority leader who was unopposed on the Democratic side.
    — Colby Itkowitz and David Weigel, Anchorage Daily News, 25 May 2022
  • From the very beginning they were made partisan, as soon as (Kevin) McCarthy (House minority leader) said no.
    — David Zurawik, CNN, 8 June 2022
  • McCarthy rose to become the minority leader and worked closely with Schwarzenegger.
    — Laurel Rosenhall, Los Angeles Times, 7 Dec. 2023
  • An aide led McConnell, 81, down the hall toward his office, but the Senate minority leader returned and took the first question after his colleagues wrapped up the news conference.
    — Harold Maass, The Week, 27 July 2023
  • Uh, six Democrats went along with it, including, um, the House minority leader Alison Russo.
    — Laura Johnston, cleveland, 20 Dec. 2022
  • McConnell was re-elected as Senate minority leader, fending off a challenge from Florida’s Scott, the latest round in a feud that has been building over the midterm elections.
    — WSJ, 17 Nov. 2022
  • Drazen, a former state House minority leader, has not yet conceded.
    — Peter Weber, The Week, 11 Nov. 2022
  • The daughter of Methodist ministers, Abrams entered politics in 2006, won a state House seat, and later became House minority leader.
    — Kevin Lee, The New Republic, 8 Aug. 2022
  • But after the first meeting of the top four congressional leaders with the president in early May, the Senate minority leader felt the need to reemphasize his counsel.
    — Seung Min Kim, Stephen Groves and Farnoush Amiri, Chicago Tribune, 2 June 2023
  • House Democrats have had no real power this week to get their own speaker candidate, minority leader Hakeem Jeffries, over the finish line.
    — Pablo Manríquez, The New Republic, 18 Oct. 2023
  • McConnell and McCarthy are not as close, but a former Senate aide said the minority leader doesn't need a close personal connection to work well with his counterparts.
    — Liz Goodwin, BostonGlobe.com, 17 Jan. 2023

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