Sentence examples for caucus down from inspiring English sources

Slowly but surely, McConnell wore his caucus down.

So afterward, the apocalypse caucus was down to just 20.

The caucus broke down along the lines that have now become familiar — a group of Clintonites at one end of the room stressing Mrs. Clinton's readiness to do the job "on day one," and a crowd from the Obama Nation at the other end, hailing their man as the voice of a new generation.

Let us never forget that Code Pink, Iraq Veterans Against the War, World Can't Wait, and the Hip Hop Caucus sat down so they could stand up.

After Irene and other storms, House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) endured a major embarrassment when his own caucus voted down a short-term spending plan in September 2011.

But last week, the Congressional Hispanic Caucus sat down with the president, and he asked us to vote for the health care reform bill -- a bill that denies immigrants the opportunity to purchase health care with their own money.

Eventually, these 40 members of the Freedom Caucus take down one leader, Speaker Boehner, and scare at least one more, House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, away from stepping into his role.

As for the willingness of Mr. Hice and the Freedom Caucus to shut down the government, Mr. Henry said: "I just think we need to be firmer, put our foot down and not do so much deal-making.

But there's enough of them in the caucus to shut down government – that will be a victory for them". Pelosi added that GOP efforts to derail healthcare reform and shut down the government had "no prospect of prevailing".

They ran scaled down caucus campaigns as a result.

"But enough of them in their caucus would shut down government".