Sentence examples for older senators from inspiring English sources

But older senators aren't so sure, and have reportedly persuaded Harry Reid, the majority leader, to back off the idea.

It is now clear that the large number of older senators in positions of power is taking a toll on the operations of Washington.

After the Senate decided on war, it sent Quintus Marcius Philippus to propose a truce and to give Perseus false hopes of negotiation in order to allow the consul of 171, Publius Licinius Crassus, to land his army on the Illyrian coast unhindered a ploy decried by some older senators as "the new wisdom".

While lawmakers said an infusion of new ideas and new blood could be healthy, they lamented the loss of experience and world view held by some of the older senators who grew up in the years of the Great Depression and helped shape America in the post-war years.

58 1 The contest being drawn out to a great length, they at last reached an agreement on the basis that one of two courses should be followed — either the older senators should choose the king, who must not, however, be one of themselves, but might be anyone else whom they should regard as most suitable, or the new senators should do the same.

Older senators might wear glasses out of necessity or a desire to look the part of studious luminaries.

Gillibrand said an older senator once grabbed her waist from behind and said, "Don't lose too much weight now.

Another lawmaker told her she's "even pretty when [she's] fat," and an older senator once grabbed her waist and quipped that he likes his girls "chubby".

The leaders gave the 58-year-old former senator the job because they thought a woman could be easily manipulated.

After all, 73-year-old former Senator Joe Biden can be described exactly the same way.

Should new senators really be selected from the families of old senators?