How to Use parliamentarian in a Sentence

parliamentarian

noun

• As the speaker of the house read it aloud, parliamentarians cheered.
  — Aryn Baker, Time, 6 Sep. 2019
• The breakfast in Churchill’s home is his last as a parliamentarian.
  — Gary Thompson, Philly.com, 13 Dec. 2017
• To meet that goal, Democrats plan to present their new drug pricing proposal as soon as this week to the Senate’s parliamentarian, the sources said.
  — Tony Romm, Anchorage Daily News, 30 June 2022
• The bill is expected to change in the Senate to gain the support of all 50 Democrats and comply with a review by the Senate parliamentarian.
  — Alicia Parlapiano, New York Times, 18 Nov. 2021
• The parliamentarian is the arbiter of whether policies comply with the rules.
  — Jennifer Haberkorn, Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2021
• British parliamentarians have proposed a total of ____________ amendments to the bill that would lay out the U.K.’s withdrawal from the EU.
  — Rosa Inocencio Smith, The Atlantic, 19 Oct. 2017
• That's a subjective call that will be up to MacDonough, the parliamentarian, to make.
  — Alan Fram, ajc, 13 July 2021
• The Senate parliamentarian agreed and ruled the changes must be removed.
  — Deborah Yetter, The Courier-Journal, 8 Feb. 2018
• The state party sent its parliamentarian to shut the meeting down.
  — Dan Sweeney, Sun-Sentinel.com, 12 Oct. 2017
• Whether the procedure can be used for a bill, or some of its components, is up to the Senate parliamentarian.
  — Michael Smolens Columnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 May 2021
• But lawmakers were blocked at the door, under a ruling from Schiff and the House parliamentarian.
  — Bart Jansen, USA TODAY, 11 Oct. 2019
• Mr Renzi, who still enjoys the backing of most of the PD’s parliamentarians, wants an entente.
  — The Economist, 15 Aug. 2019
• Forty-seven per cent of its parliamentarians are female, one of the highest shares in the world. Ms Marin is the third woman to become prime minister.
  — The Economist, 11 Dec. 2019
• His brother was also taken and has not been heard from, the parliamentarian said.
  — Artemis Moshtaghian, CNN, 7 Jan. 2023
• The only person who knows the answer for sure is the Senate parliamentarian.
  — John McCormack, National Review, 13 June 2019
• When the votes are in, the new parliamentarians split into groups, with the biggest electing the prime minister and forming a new government.
  — Keiran Smith, The Christian Science Monitor, 25 Jan. 2024
• Ownership of the island changed hands many times over the centuries, until the parliamentarian John St. Aubyn purchased it in 1659.
  — Brigit Katz, Smithsonian, 5 June 2019
• That means that some provisions Democrats may want to include may have to sunset in order to pass muster with the Senate parliamentarian.
  — Lauren Fox, CNN, 9 June 2021
• The final decision will rest with the Senate parliamentarian, who will rule whether the wage proposal can stay in the package.
  — Michael Collins, USA TODAY, 23 Feb. 2021
• Democrats expect to submit legislative language on their Medicare plan to the Senate’s parliamentarian in the next few days, the aides said.
  — Alan Fram, Chicago Tribune, 7 July 2022
• Democrats expect to submit legislative language on their Medicare plan to the Senate's parliamentarian in the next few days, the aides said.
  — Alan Fram, USA TODAY, 8 July 2022
• Italy’s parliamentarians elected new speakers for the Senate and the Chamber of Deputies.
  — The Economist, 28 Mar. 2018
• While the Senate parliamentarian has yet to rule on the exact deadline, congressional staff and observers have a good idea of it.
  — Meagan Flynn, Washington Post, 16 Apr. 2023
• Senate parliamentarian ruled that three minor provisions in the bill did not comply with strict budget rules and would have to be stripped out.
  — Editors, USA TODAY, 20 Dec. 2017
• Being president of the Senate at the time, Gretchen helped me be a better parliamentarian.
  — Todd Spangler, Detroit Free Press, 26 Apr. 2020
• The parliamentarian, by the way, is a legal adviser to the Senate who interprets the body's rules and procedures.
  — Aj Willingham, CNN, 25 Feb. 2021
• Who says that the House overruling, the House parliamentarian his argument is, is a slippery slope.
  — ABC News, 22 Oct. 2023
• No Deal parliamentarians can keep Boris Johnson in as prime minister and vote against him.
  — Michael Brendan Dougherty, National Review, 11 Sep. 2019
• The group of 12 far right-wing lawmakers has also asked the Senate parliamentarian to order a trial.
  — Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 20 Feb. 2024
• Although the international press reported it only briefly, in March Hungarian customs officers discovered $28 million in cash in the luggage of the wife of a former Ukrainian parliamentarian.
  — Anna Reid, Foreign Affairs, 11 May 2022

Last Updated: 29 Nov 2024