Sentence examples for pressing speaker from inspiring English sources

Instead, they said, lawmakers would immediately begin pressing Speaker Nancy Pelosi and the majority Democrats to incorporate some of their views in the final weeks of legislative work this fall.

Conservatives are already pressing for a new speaker who is more responsive to their demands.

Swiveling back and forth in his wooden desk chair, Smucker puffs on his Phillies Blunt cigar, occasionally interrupting himself to answer calls over his speaker phone, pressing the buttons with a pencil eraser tip, not touching the phone directly.

The Progressive Change Campaign Committee held a morning rally in Trenton with Booker's opponents, Rep. Frank Pallone, Rep. Rush Holt and Assembly Speaker Sheila Oliver pressing Booker on the Social Security issue.

She later gave a talk about the film at Women in the World, an international conference where attendees pay hundreds of dollars to hear speakers on pressing women's issues.

John Bercow, the Commons Speaker, has been pressing for this.

Speaker Newt Gingrich, busy pressing his Congressional program of a Republican "revolution" to revamp the nation's budget and social priorities, hailed the general as "a tremendous human being" whose candidacy would have been formidable.

If you can't find the speaker button, try pressing the triangular button on the left.

The Starr Forum, which brings to campus marquee speakers to discuss pressing issues on international affairs, is popular with the MIT community and beyond.

Mr. Trump blindsided the Republican leaders, Senator Mitch McConnell of Kentucky and Speaker Paul D. Ryan, who were pressing for an 18-month deal.

Many a good point is lost on listeners when a speaker refuses to stop pressing on with their speech to clarify a point they've made.