How to Use the House in a Sentence

the House

noun
  • But the chaos in the House has its roots going back many years.
    Norman J. Ornstein, The New Republic, 6 Oct. 2023
  • House Bill 56 passed the House and has been introduced to the Senate.
    Ken Brown, The Enquirer, 1 Jan. 2024
  • The bill has passed through committee and is awaiting a vote in the House.
    Dr. Sejal Parekh, ABC News, 23 May 2024
  • But, of the 434 other members of the House, Lee could find only four to co-sponsor the bill.
    Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 24 Sep. 2024
  • But a close read of the Constitution shows that the speaker must be a member of the House.
    Michael Ellis, WSJ, 5 Oct. 2023
  • The White House came alive, and the House of Representatives.
    Nbc Universal, NBC News, 29 Oct. 2023
  • There will be some people in the House who will never vote for a Ukraine package.
    Nbc Universal, NBC News, 17 Dec. 2023
  • Now, fans have joined forces to sign a petition and plead with the House of Mouse to give the series a second chance.
    Erik Kain, Forbes, 12 Sep. 2024
  • Cicilline, who’s in his seventh term in the House, was taking the second route.
    James Pindell, BostonGlobe.com, 22 Feb. 2023
  • The upper chamber will have to move with uncommon speed to vote on that and send it to the House for approval before the end of the week.
    Marianna Sotomayor, Washington Post, 14 Jan. 2024
  • The Senate measure is on track to be sent to the House for consideration before the end of the week.
    Ovetta Wiggins, Washington Post, 7 Mar. 2023
  • The measure in the Senate was heard Thursday, and a similar one will be taken up in the House next week.
    Michelle Boorstein, Washington Post, 24 Feb. 2023
  • Over in the House, Rubio’s tough-on-tech allies just got new job titles and powers.
    WIRED, 23 Feb. 2023
  • But the broader plan appears out of reach, unless Abbott and school choice proponents can turn the tide in the House.
    Gromer Jeffers Jr., Dallas News, 17 Apr. 2023
  • The bill passed the House on Wednesday and has wide bipartisan support.
    Lawrence Mower, Miami Herald, 25 Jan. 2024
  • The bill passed out of the House committee Thursday is likely far from the final product.
    Katie Bernard, Kansas City Star, 25 Mar. 2024
  • Thompson has served in both the House and Senate twice since she was first elected to the Legislature in 2006.
    Jeffrey Schweers, Orlando Sentinel, 5 Aug. 2024
  • Mayorkas, 64, faced two charges from the House: willful and systemic refusal to comply with the law and breach of public trust.
    Kyler Alvord, Peoplemag, 7 Feb. 2024
  • When compared to other classic tales from the House of Mouse, Cinderella falls a bit short.
    EW.com, 4 Mar. 2024
  • Oscar de los Santos is the Democrats' assistant leader in the House.
    Mary Jo Pitzl, The Arizona Republic, 3 Jan. 2024
  • The successful bills are now trading sides with Senate bills heading to the House and vice versa.
    Carole Carlson, Chicago Tribune, 3 Mar. 2023
  • In the Abscam case, seven members of the House and one Senator were all convicted in a bribery scheme.
    Stanley M. Brand, The Conversation, 24 Sep. 2023
  • However, the bill stalled out in the House, where some Republicans object to its cost.
    Claudia Grisales, NPR, 16 May 2024
  • Johnson and the GOP enjoy a narrow majority in the House.
    Jeff Stein, Washington Post, 11 Nov. 2023
  • Youngkin hopes to flip the state Senate to Republican control and hold the House of Delegates.
    Olivia Rinaldi, CBS News, 18 Oct. 2023
  • In May, two months after Porter’s defenestration, a pro-crypto bill came up for a vote in the House.
    Charles Duhigg, The New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2024
  • For the first time in American history, a speaker of the House has been removed from office.
    Fred Beuttler, National Review, 18 Oct. 2023
  • Schiff and Porter are among the most prodigious fundraisers in the House, though Porter had to spend a significant sum in a tight reelection race last year.
    Staff Writer follow, Los Angeles Times, 20 Feb. 2023
  • If Republicans control the House or the Senate — or both — after the election, Congress probably would not pass an assault weapons ban.
    Hailey Branson-Potts, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2024
  • Roberson is scheduled to testify before the House committee on Monday, or possibly sooner if ordered by the court.
    Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN, 18 Oct. 2024

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