How to Use minority leader in a Sentence

minority leader

noun
  • There are times when the speaker has to cut a deal with the minority leader.
    Michael Tomasky, The New Republic, 6 Oct. 2023
  • That has opened the door for Christine Drazan, a former minority leader in the state House.
    Philip Elliott, Time, 4 Oct. 2022
  • In 2011, Democrats lost the House, and Pelosi became minority leader.
    Jennifer Haberkorn, Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2022
  • Pelosi spent two decades as a leader of Democrats in the House—rising from whip to minority leader to speaker.
    Michael Kazin, The New Republic, 23 Nov. 2022
  • The commission would be helmed by two co-chairs – one each selected by the speaker of the House and the House minority leader.
    Chris Cillizza, CNN, 22 July 2021
  • The speaker isn't the only one putting pressure on the minority leader.
    Brigid Kennedy, The Week, 9 Nov. 2021
  • Yes, the former president is vain, and the House minority leader crossed him.
    Timothy Noah, The New Republic, 22 Apr. 2022
  • The Democrats’ loss of the Senate in 2014 demoted Mr. Reid to minority leader.
    Washington Post, 29 Dec. 2021
  • McConnell might be forgiving of many things, but having to serve as the minority leader is not one of them.
    Julian Zelizer, CNN, 8 Dec. 2022
  • No, said Hakeem Jeffries, the House minority leader, who agreed the costs of inaction were too high.
    Tony Romm, Marianna Sotomayor, Leigh Ann Caldwell, Tyler Pager, Jeff Stein, Rachel Siegel, The Washington Post, Anchorage Daily News, 4 June 2023
  • The minority leader turned away from the podium and stood nearby while others took the microphone.
    Virginia Chamlee, Peoplemag, 14 Feb. 2024
  • Enter Email Sign Up In total, the minority leader was silent for more than 20 seconds.
    BostonGlobe.com, 30 Aug. 2023
  • Schmitt was the first this week to blast the minority leader while speaking at a campaign event in Columbia, Missouri, Wednesday.
    Aubrie Spady, Fox News, 29 July 2022
  • Scott, the House minority leader from Portsmouth, has come out for Lucas, calling her a mentor and voice for people who’ve been marginalized.
    Laura Vozzella, Washington Post, 5 June 2023
  • McConnell, the minority leader, signaled his support for the bill.
    Compiled By Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 18 Jan. 2024
  • Then the minority leader of the U.S. House of Representatives walked in.
    Matt Sullivan, Rolling Stone, 2 July 2022
  • Serving as both the majority and the minority leader, McCarthy has led Republicans in the House the past nine years.
    Kyle Morris, Fox News, 7 Jan. 2023
  • McCarthy has had to deal with detractors in the right-wing House Freedom Caucus as minority leader.
    Ken Tran, USA TODAY, 4 Dec. 2022
  • Much of it had to do with the fact that McCarthy was the House minority leader at the time and, by extension, one of the country’s most influential Republicans.
    Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 26 Apr. 2022
  • That includes Jenkins, minority leader of the House Democrats.
    Deborah Yetter, The Courier-Journal, 23 Dec. 2021
  • McCarthy’s spokesman denies that the minority leader has made such an offer.
    Robert Draper, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2022
  • Many House Democrats expect Pelosi to honor her commitment, meaning the caucus could elect a new speaker or minority leader for the first time in 20 years not named Pelosi.
    Los Angeles Times, 3 Feb. 2022
  • The Senate minority leader spoke to a crowded ballroom about the war in Ukraine, inflation, the mid-term election and the price of prescription drugs, among other issues.
    Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer, 18 Aug. 2022
  • In 2018, Pelosi, minority leader at the time, held the floor for just over eight hours demanding action on immigration.
    The Salt Lake Tribune, 19 Nov. 2021
  • Daniels – who serves as minority leader – sponsored a bill that would exempt overtime pay from state taxes.
    Scott Turner | , al, 14 June 2023
  • Kemp will face Abrams, a former state House minority leader who was unopposed on the Democratic side.
    Colby Itkowitz and David Weigel, Anchorage Daily News, 25 May 2022
  • From the very beginning they were made partisan, as soon as (Kevin) McCarthy (House minority leader) said no.
    David Zurawik, CNN, 8 June 2022
  • The House minority leader is raising suspicions about what GOP lawmakers might have said on the phone during the riot.
    Daniel Strauss, The New Republic, 7 Sep. 2021
  • In 2017, the Kenosha Democrat stepped down as Assembly minority leader after more than six years in the role after facing pressure from members of his party.
    Lawrence Andrea, Journal Sentinel, 18 Apr. 2024
  • Many members throughout the caucus, however, with concerns about Biden feel that the minority leader understands them.
    Theodoric Meyer, Washington Post, 12 July 2024

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