Sentence examples for forming a caucus from inspiring English sources

Update: Jennifer Crider, communications director for the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, said in a statement: "It tells you everything you need to know about this political stunt, that House Republicans are forming a caucus in 2012 to give women a vote.

Some women, like Carol Greitzer, a councilwoman from 1969 to 1991, said the effort to form a caucus failed for other reasons, including strategic ones.

Britain has long worried that the current 19 euro countries can form a caucus within the wider EU and could act as a bloc in deciding single market laws, as those countries have a qualified majority to push through changes under Lisbon treaty voting rules that recently came into force.

The BNP's aim is an eventual national breakthrough on the same scale as its European counterparts who have just formed a caucus in European parliament, where - it is worth noting - there are more fascist MEPs than there are black MEPs.

In Pennsylvania, state legislators have formed a caucus to study how other states like New York and Illinois compensate nuclear operators for providing carbon-free power.

Amid the DSA's push for Medicare for all, 60 House Democrats formed a caucus in support.

It's been known for a while now that Senator Evan Bayh (D-IN) has been planning to form a caucus of "moderate" Senate Democrats hoping to soak up special interest cash in exchange for blocking the progressive agenda.

By forming a new caucus in the European parliament, the group would gain access to funding, committee seats and chairs, and much more prominent chamber speaking rights.

One of the ways newly elected women are trying to change the culture is by forming a "parents caucus" to make the legislature more friendly to parents.

As they say, sources close to Mr. Boehner rate Ms. Bachmann's chance to be conference chair as a long shot, even if she's forming a Tea Party caucus and demanding a big place at the table.

She briefly sought to form a "progressive caucus" of aldermen as a counterweight to the mayor's power.