Sentence examples for constituents representative from inspiring English sources

No one likes to contend with new constituents — Representative Barney Frank of Massachusetts said redistricting was one of his motivations to retire — but Mr. Johnson, 65, was not simply nervous about appealing to new voters.

"The Democrat leaders of the House and Senate are attempting to jam a 200-plus-billion-dollar spending bill through the Congress with absolutely no oversight or scrutiny by a vast majority of members, senators or their constituents," Representative Jerry Lewis of California, the senior Republican on the Appropriations Committee, said in a statement on Monday.

In a flier distributed to constituents, Representative David McKinley, Republican of West Virginia, who voted against the plan, said that it "would privatize Medicare for future retirees, raise the retirement age and keep in place the Medicare cuts included in last year's health care bill".

As a young Brooklyn city councilman, from 1992 to 1998, he was a diligent constituent representative and a publicity seeker.

"As the House of Representatives is not in session the week of Inauguration, Congressman Smith will spend the District Work Period at home in Washington state meeting with his constituents," a representative for the congressman said in a statement to Seattle NBC affiliate KING 5 News.

"These aren't their constituents," said Representative Walter P. Lloyd, a Democrat from Walterboro.

"What would I say to my constituents?" asked Representative Edward J. Markey, a Massachusetts Democrat who is an author of the House-passed bill to reduce carbon emissions.

— Tucked away in a local government building, the town-hall-style meeting offered constituents of Representative Justin Amash a chance to share what was on their minds: gratitude.

This would shock the Constitution's framers, who set a baseline of 30,000 constituents per representative and intended for the House to grow along with the population.

"Many of us have shared in recent hours anecdotes about our conversations with constituents," said Representative Nan Hayworth of New York, who was at Wednesday's meeting.

— MICHAEL M. GRYNBAUM Some longtime constituents of Representative Charles B. Rangel were incensed on Tuesday after being turned away from polling places, and some said they suspected treachery on the part of Mr. Rangel's opponents.