Sentence examples for keep the chamber from inspiring English sources

He also helped keep the chamber loaded with many of the bullets that Owen fired on his way to being voted the European player of the year.

This sort of change can only be made on the first day of business, but fortunately, Reid has invoked a special rule that allows him to keep the chamber at opening day until the end of the month.

Democrats scored a small but significant victory for the cause of progress in the Senate late last week when they voted to prohibit one of the many delaying tactics that keep the chamber tied up in pointless partisan arguments.

Paul, a favorite of the right-wing Tea Party movement, launched what in Congressional jargon is known as a talking filibuster, a procedural quirk of the American legislative system where a lone Senator with the enough stamina can keep the chamber from voting on key measures by talking and talking, and then talking some more.

Some GOP senators sent a letter to McConnell last month urging him to keep the chamber in session to vote on judicial and administration nominations along with legislation, and Senate leaders have said the appetite to stay in town has grown in their ranks.

Because the silicon rubber is elastic, it was used to seal the top of the aluminum base with vacuum grease and to keep the chamber airtight.

When Barack Obama tried to do the same with other positions, the Republican Senate leader Mitch McConnell kept the chamber in session with token announcements each morning even after senators had gone home for their vacations.

He went on to mention the Senate's floor staff, which kept the chamber open throughout the night, his own staff, his Republican colleagues, the Democratic senators who had presided over the chamber in turn, and "the people all across the country who have watched on C-SPAN".

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid used to consider recess appointments "an end run around the Senate and the Constitution" -- so much so that he kept the chamber open during breaks to prevent President George W. Bush from making any more of them.

We induced production of winged and wingless queens by exposing them to a cycle of temperature range: the temperature of the growth chamber was reduced by 1 ° C for 17 days until is reached 10 ° C. We kept the chamber at 10 ° C for 2 weeks, and then increased the temperature gradually by 1 ° C per day for 17 days until the original conditions were restored.

Slide: the piece of metal on top of the firearm; it keeps the chamber sealed, compensates for recoil (on many semi-autos), and houses the firing pin (and a few other components).