The Whip position was first created in the House of Representatives in 1897 by Republican Speaker Thomas Reed, who appointed James A. Tawney as the first whip. The first Democratic Whip, Oscar Wilder Underwood, was appointed around 1900. In the Senate, the position was created in 1913 by Joh...
2 [intransitiveI, transitiveT always + adverbadv/prepositionprep]MOVE/CHANGE POSITION to move quickly and violently, or to make something do this (使)迅速[猛地]移动 The wind whipped her hair into her eyes. 风把她的头发吹进了眼睛里。 whip across/around/past etc Rain whipped across the ...
Hoyer's aides, who points out that the secret ballot (one of the few in Congress) makes its impossible to know how many votes each candidate has for certain. But, he adds, "we'll win by a small number."Aside from satisfying the political ambitions of the top contenders - no small ...
They find that parties will discipline candidates fully, so that all candidates will have the same ideological position as the party. The variable of ‘discipline’ is rather different from ‘whipping’ in my model, as it functions as a method of screening which candidates are chosen, rather ...
"The rumor that there are ANC members who will vote in favor of this motion is nothing but wishful thinking on the part of the opposition," Mthembu said at a press briefing in Cape Town on the ANC caucus's position on the motion. ...
TO HEAR ABOUT "scandal lurking" in the White House, the "environmentalist wackos" in Congress and the "self-important media elite" who report on both, mill... Richard L. Berke , New York Times News Service - In a Rush: Aide, 27, Is Limbaugh's Eyes, Ears and Muscle on Capitol Hill...
Fun Fact:You want to let religion in the school house door, you have to let all of them in. You can’t pick and choose. 7)Congress May Raise Educators’ Minimum Salaries to Combat the Teacher Exodus Published:Jan. 1 Views:699
We arrived for the Congress on Monday, and enjoyed the variety of topics, speakers and perspectives. Well done to the organizers and presenters. I really enjoyed watching some of Tristan’s kids in their events, meeting their owners, and introducing them to ‘grandma’ Lisa Winder. ...
(Sports) A whipper-in. Scourge Punish severely; excoriate Whip A member of a legislative body, such as the US Congress or the British Parliament, charged by that member's party with enforcing party discipline and ensuring attendance. Scourge Whip; The religious fanatics flagellated themselves Whip...
Houghten, Richard A., et al., “Relative Importance of Position and Individual Amino Acid Residues in Peptide Antigen-Antibody Interactions: Implications in the Mechanism of Antigenic Drift and Antigenic Shift,” Vaccines, 1986, Edited by Fred Brown: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. Holmes, Eric H...