Sentence examples for turned senator from inspiring English sources

A single filibuster a few weeks ago about the perils of domestic drone strikes turned Senator Rand Paul into a political celebrity.

Rand Paul, Republican senator, 51 A former ophthalmologist turned senator for Kentucky, Paul presents himself as a Washington outsider.

Hillary Rodham Clinton, a first lady turned senator turned almost-president, is now transforming herself again, this time into the nation's top diplomat.

"People who grew up urban in Brooklyn, and in other places, you have people who have played basketball since they were zero, of all intellect and education," he said, offering Bill Bradley, the Hall of Fame basketball player turned senator, as an example.

The rest is powder cut pretty thin.Ms Kelley tries to deal with her central problem that she doesn't have anything new to tell us about George Bush senior or junior by focusing on the current president's grandfather: Prescott, the New England banker turned senator who launched the family's political career.

But Ms. Roper said she had hope that Congress could be moved to adopt meaningful change, just as the savings and loan scandal turned Senator John McCain, Republican of Arizona, into a supporter of campaign finance reform after he was reprimanded for pressuring regulators to help a contributor, Mr. Keating.

Gay groups are trying to turn Senator Rick Santorum into the next Trent Lott.

Just as Mr. Truman worked with Senator Arthur H. Vandenberg, a Michigan Republican, to overcome conservative opposition, Mr. Greenstein argued, Mr. Obama has a chance to turn Senator Jon Kyl, an Arizona Republican, into the ally he needs to prevail.

Hillary Rodham Clinton moved yesterday to turn Senator Joseph I. Lieberman's presence on the national ticket to her political advantage, saying she wanted him to campaign by her side this fall.

In the hope that the political tide may be turning, Senator Robert Torricelli has introduced a bill that would forbid a Web site from collecting or selling personal data unless users checked a box allowing it to do so.

In the days before the vote, some bondholder groups worked to turn senators against the bill, arguing it doesn't sufficiently protect creditors and is tantamount to a bailout for the territory.