Sentence examples for job of representative from inspiring English sources
Three Republicans are seeking the job of Representative Melissa Bean, who has faced difficult races for her suburban district the past two elections.
But those very long pauses also reflected a legitimate and enduring conundrum of political theory: to what extent the job of a representative is to represent.
I always thought the job of a representative in government was to represent the people".
But the job of High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy is a huge one.
Usually, that is the difficult bit: the choice of Commission president is part of a wider bargain including the top economic portfolios on the Commission, the presidencies of the Eurogroup and the European Council, and the job of High Representative for Foreign Affairs.
The announcement last week that Mr. Vale de Almeida — until recently the closest aide to José Manuel Barroso, president of the European Commission — will take up the job of E.U. representative in Washington was seen by some as a pre-emptive strike by the commission.
WASHINGTON -- President Obama refused to say Thursday whether his White House offered a job to Representative Joe Sestak of Pennsylvania to drop out of a Democratic primary but promised that the administration would respond soon.
It is, after all, the job of national representatives to defend national interests, which can mean being stubborn and aggressive at times.
"Obviously there is going to be infrastructure spending, and one of the jobs of a Representative is to represent their district," said Mark Meckler, co-founder of Tea Party Patriots.
In a telephone interview the other day, Ms. Holtzman said she had already expressed her interest in the job to Representative Joseph Crowley, the head of the Democratic Party in Queens, who will play an influential role in selecting the party's nominee.
Mr. Bush is also expected in coming days to decide among competing candidates for the job of United States trade representative.
