Sentence examples for blamed representative from inspiring English sources

Several House lawmakers blamed Representative Nancy Pelosi, Democrat of California, and Mr. Schumer for the impending shutdown, arguing that they were unwilling to compromise on border security.

Another Democratic congressman, Representative Lloyd Doggett of Austin, elected in 1994, called the new map outrageous and blamed Representative Tom DeLay of Texas, the House majority leader, who spent three days in Austin last week shuttling between Senate and House Republicans to curb bickering and forge the consensus that ended in agreement last weekend.

"Nobody's blaming anybody," Representative Louise M. Slaughter of New York said, "but we want to know why.

But Democrats appear to have settled on one thing: The person to blame is Representative Eric Cantor of Virginia.

"This bill says, 'Don't run off and file a lawsuit if you are fat.' It says, 'Look in the mirror because you're the one to blame.' " REPRESENTATIVE F. JAMES SENSENBRENNER Jr., chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, on a measure that would bar lawsuits against restaurants alleging their food makes customers fat.

After the video was uploaded, Weiland's press representative blamed the poor performance on exhaustion, alcohol and sound issues.

Albers responded to the criticism by arguing what took place was "a completely new dimension of crime," while a police union representative blamed a lack of adequate resources.

I don't blame the representatives and various presidents, et cetera, of Mexico.

In the days and weeks leading up to his death, Palestinian representatives blamed Israel for procrastinating in his diagnosis and treatment as they pressed for his early release.

Both Google and Facebook's representatives blamed algorithms for certain undesirable activity on their networks including premium ad buys and the creation of offensive ad targeting on Facebook.

The aftermath of the deaths of Liu and Ramos was politically tense, as police union representatives blamed de Blasio in light of his perceived support for protesters against perceived police brutality.