Sentence examples for before representative from inspiring English sources

Even before Representative Rangel's acknowledgment on the tax matter, Republican Congressional leaders demanded on Tuesday that he be replaced as chairman of Ways and Means.

Almost all those companies have business before Representative Thomas, the political science professor turned politician who took over the Ways and Means Committee earlier this year.

Rather, it is the Senate race in Missouri that has received the bulk of political attention, even before Representative Akin — a Republican seeking to unseat the Democratic senator, Claire McCaskill — made his comments on rape and abortion.

Just before Representative Sheila Jackson-Lee, Democrat of Texas, was to speak in favor of changing the campaign finance law, Representative Scott McInnis, a Colorado Republican who opposes spending limits, tried to embarrass her by reading aloud the campaign contributions she had received from the political action committees of an array of labor unions.

In the great hunt for superdelegates, there is no better place to look than the floor of the House, and Senator Barack Obama dived right into a sea of them on Thursday morning, shaking hands, clapping backs, doling out hugs and even doing a little curtsy before Representative John M. Spratt Jr. of South Carolina, the chairman of the Budget Committee.

Three months before Representative Anthony D. Weiner sent a photo from his Twitter account to a 21-year-old Washington State college student named Gennette Cordova, a small group of determined, self-described conservatives was warning young women on Twitter, including Ms. Cordova, to be wary of him.

Before, representatives of the criminal world ("watchers") maintained order in the prisons and prevented unnecessary conflicts among the inmates.

"Big government now is the consequence of too little government before," said Representative Barney Frank, chairman of the House Financial Services Committee.

"I'm willing to talk about benchmarks, as I've said before," said Representative John A. Boehner of Ohio, the House minority leader.

It is "a step up from what we've had before," said Representative Louise M. Slaughter, a New York Democrat who is co-chairwoman of the Congressional Arts Caucus.

Before representatives of the two planets can confront each other, there are many subplots and counterplots.