Sentence examples for congress lined up from inspiring English sources

At her funeral President Zachary Taylor, his cabinet, the diplomatic corps, and members of Congress lined up to pay their respects.

Both Republican and Democratic members of Congress lined up to condemn the move against the AP, as did civil rights organisations and groups representing journalists.

He observes that in 1993, "Far from speaking up on behalf of Clinton's rights as the military's civilian leader, Republicans in Congress lined up with Powell and the brass".

Legislators responsible for pushing the proposals through Congress lined up in support on Thursday.

We saw this in 2011 as members of Congress lined up to support SOPA and PIPA, two immensely unpopular bills that would have hobbled the Internet with draconian copyright restrictions favored by the movie and recording industry.

Officials from the National Archives were intrigued, and the heads of Paramount Pictures, U.S. Steel, Du Pont, General Electric, and Standard Oil lined up in support.

A newly founded "Title XI Coalition" of shipyards, maritime unions, ship owners and operators and maritime suppliers, is making the rounds of Congress, lining up support.

In 1966, Phil Baum, an executive at the American Jewish Congress, lined up a group of intellectuals to protest the play, including Arthur Miller, Lionel Trilling, Stanley Kunitz, Leonard Bernstein, Irving Howe, Alfred Kazin, Elie Wiesel, George Steiner, Gunter Grass, Heinrich Boll and Paul Celan.

Their agent, Bruce Meakem of Bellmarc Realty, lined up buildings to visit.

On the first Nebraska drive, Notre Dame lined up offside once.

In the House of Commons, angry legislators, some from the governing Conservative Party, lined up to denounce the plans.