Sentence examples for the speaker members from inspiring English sources

At the beginning of each new Parliament, and at the discretion of the Speaker, members of the House of Commons who are Privy Counsellors usually take the oath of allegiance before all other members except the Speaker and the Father of the House, who is the most senior member of the House.

The Speaker, Panel members and Contributors are now finalised.

The speaker told members there were only three ways forward for the DHS fight at this point, according to the source in the room.

In private, House lawmakers say, the speaker — a member of the leadership in the Clinton era — has also urged caution.

The later Austronesian speakers, members of the prehistoric Lapita culture, which produced the well-known pottery known as Lapita ware, established themselves in the Bismarck Archipelago about 4,000 years ago.

The system has been criticized as a means for the speaker to win members' loyalty, and in recent years a number of council members have either refused their lulus or donated them to charity.

While in the past, the speaker controlled his members more closely and used them largely to rubber-stamp deals he made with the mayor, council members today said they were grateful for the opportunity to make their own marks.

Mr. Vacca said that early this week, he told the speaker's staff members that "if we don't fight this, the Council will be the emperor with no clothes".

The speaker demoted seven members who sided with Mr. Bragman, taking away their leadership titles and committee chairmanships and the additional pay that went with the jobs.

According to one person on the call, the speaker told House members, "you all need to do what's best for you in your district".

Other former officials countered that the notion arose to help the speaker keep the members in line, by giving him or her a pot of cash with which to reward the obedient or punish the troublesome.