Sentence examples for congressional activity from inspiring English sources

There's finally concerted Congressional activity, and it's an issue, if not the main one, in presidential politics.

Because Congress has historically been held in low esteem, this explanation suggests, Congressional activity drags down the public mood, depressing prices.

The officials said Mr. Bush reached his decision about two weeks ago, but that the timing for an announcement was wrong because so many people were preoccupied with the final week of Congressional activity.

The move in the Senate is likely to lead to a long weekend of Congressional activity and debt ceiling debates as lawmakers struggle to reach some sort of compromise that can avoid a default.

Government tends to be very messy when it is divided, and much Congressional activity in past decades has focused on increasing spending and the creation of government programs, both anathemas in the current Republican-controlled House.

But as we are seeing from congressional activity in the United States, the leaks are producing change.

The project was to consist of a wide marble bench near the White House, from which visitors could watch televised events like presidential addresses or Congressional activities on a giant, pop-up video screen.

Republicans say they believe that they can show the Democrats were only talking a clean government game and that the unfolding scandal in Illinois could help them make their case even though it is not directly related to Congressional activities.

Teachout, who was the director of Internet organizing for Howard Dean's 2004 Presidential bid, and the national director for the Sunlight Foundation, which seeks to make congressional activities more transparent, circulated among the guests with flair, shaking hands and meeting eyes as if she had been campaigning her whole life.

Congressman Ackerman went on to say that he remains extremely passionate about the causes related to his Congressional activities and expects that he will continue to be aggressively involved in many local and global issues as he moves into his role as a private citizen.

Yard did the greater share of work during the Society's early years; he solicited membership, corresponded with other conservation groups, and kept track of congressional activities related to wilderness areas.