the floor leader of the minority party in a legislature. [1945–50,Amer.] Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved. minority leader ...
minority leader noun the party member who directs the activities of the minority party on the floor of a legislative body, as of the U.S. Congress. Discover More Word History and Origins Origin ofminority leader1 An Americanism dating back to 1945–50...
House Democrats pushed expected passage of President Joe Biden's $1.64 trillion economic agenda to today as Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) delayed a vote with a lengthy\nfloor speech that lasted into the early morning hours.\n... Z Sherwood,K Lunney - 《Environment & Energy Repo...
Abante formally elected House minority leader 'Our presence on the floor to express our abstention shows that we are the true minority. We are ready, willing and able to be the true minority that will act as responsible, reasonable and credible fiscalizers in the House of the People,' the...
Marland Jeffries, father of House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.), died Sunday, according to the younger Jeffries’s office. Marland Jeffries, 85, was a former substance abuse counselor who raised two sons with his wife of 56 years, Laneda, in B
aThe president is scheduled to fly Tuesday into San Francisco, where he and House Minority LeaderNancy Pelosi are slated to attend a Bay Area fundraiser Wednesday at the home of real estate developer and major Democratic donor George Marcus. 预定总统飞行星期二入旧金山,他和议院少数LeaderNancy ...
As our jeep stopped in the courtyard of a house, we were greeted by the village leader Li Qin and young Baima girls dressed in traditional costumes with white feathers in their hair. As we took our places on wooden benches near an open fire, the girls began to sing traditional songs as...
and established Yizhou County in Yunan. In the late seventh and early eighth centuries, Piluoge, a Bai leader, united the tribes of the Bai nationality around Erhai Lake and set up a regime known as Nanzhao. The people living around Erhai Lake are the ancestors of today’s Bai population...
The front of the house is held up by pillars but the rear of the house is suspended on wooden poles, making it level with the mountainside. The ground floor, underneath the wooden poles, is used for livestock and firewood while the second floor is a general living space and the third ...
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries expressed confidence Sunday his party would be able to unify around an eventual Democratic nominee and defeat former President Donald Trump in the fall. “Donald Trump is running scared,” he said on MSNBC. “House Republicans are running scared. Extre...