Sentence examples for the powerful majority from inspiring English sources

But senior Republicans, led by Representative Tom DeLay of Texas, the powerful majority whip, chose the security measure as the first major bill for floor consideration this year precisely because it would challenge China.

Most of the credit went to President Bush and Representative Tom DeLay, the powerful majority whip.

We understand the political need to give Tom DeLay, the powerful majority whip, a fig leaf to cover his defeat.

But not until this week did Mr. Bruno, the powerful majority leader, indicate that he was willing to permit a vote.

If they ignore the House vote for the amendment, which was written by Representative Tom DeLay, the powerful majority whip from Texas, they risk losing support from conservatives for the entire bill, including for the repayment of dues.

"Once upon a time, Tom DeLay was the powerful majority leader, jetting off to St Andrews on a private plane with uber lobbyist Jack Abramoff," she told ABC News.

He had traded in the power of the Senate Majority Leader, the most powerful Majority Leader in history, for the limbo of the Vice-Presidency — "WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO LYNDON JOHNSON?," a mocking headline in The Reporter had asked — because he had felt that at the end might be the Presidency.

His fate was linked to the broader, region-wide struggle for power and influence between the Sunni sphere, championed by the House of Saud, on the one hand, and the theocrats of Iran, the most powerful majority Shia state, on the other.

And he was the most powerful majority leader in the senate's history.

Johnson, the most powerful Majority Leader in history, bent the Senate to his will and forced it to become more efficient.

"I would say he is probably the most powerful majority leader in recent history, and maybe ever," said Representative Barney Frank, who as a Democrat from Massachusetts is watching from the outside.