Sentence examples for an influential backer from inspiring English sources

The proposal had an influential backer: the co-author of the financial overhaul package, Representative Barney Frank, Democrat of Massachusetts, who introduced similar legislation in 2008.

"There is a serious risk that the opposition can no longer achieve its main objective up there," said an influential backer of the Syrian opposition.

Mrs. Ridenour, chairwoman of the National Center for Public Policy Research, had been an influential backer of the military and free markets since the Reagan administration.

One political insider said Wan Li, the Anhui party secretary who served as China's vice premier through most of the 1980s, first noticed Mr. Wang in Anhui and remained an influential backer.

The bomber struck at the offices of the Sunni Endowment, one of the most powerful Sunni institutions in Iraq and an influential backer of the new Sunni alliances with American forces.

Reich has long been an influential backer of labor unions, which have come under attack from Republican governors in recent years.

However, rumours of an extremely influential backer were confirmed when Queen Sirikit, attended by a clutch of cameramen, presided over the dead woman's cremation.

Two of its investors — Didi and SoftBank — are teaming up to launch a rival service, while one of its existing competitors has just landed a big cash infusion and highly influential backer after Toyota backed JapanTaxi.

As circumstances would have it, the worst act of terrorism in American history would not only make Mr. Bloomberg's private-sector credentials more appealing to the electorate, but it would also turn his most influential backer -- Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani -- into a national hero.

Loria has one influential backer in Alex Penelas, the mayor of Miami-Dade County. Miami-Dade County

Meanwhile, another influential backer of expanding the airport said he would now prefer to build at Gatwick than pursue the current scheme.