English example sentences with "congress"

Learn how to use congress in a English sentence. Over 100 hand-picked examples.

It's a sop to Congress.

Congress went into recess.

The medical congress was held in Kyoto.

The President vetoed the bill, but Congress overrode his veto.

He came forward as a candidate for Congress.

He has been elected to Congress.

He's running for Congress.

They introduced a bill in Congress.

Her ambition was consummated when she was elected to Congress.

The budget was narrowly approved by Congress.

I am sure that more flags were burned as a result of Congress passing that law than had ever been burned before.

The federal budget was narrowly approved by Congress.

And when the first Muslim-American was recently elected to Congress, he took the oath to defend our Constitution using the same Holy Koran that one of our Founding Fathers – Thomas Jefferson – kept in his personal library.

During the discussion of the summary report of CC CPSU in the congress, it was noted that, under the guidance of the Communist party, in close cooperation with all the Socialist countries, the Soviet people have made great progress in the struggle for building a Communist society in the USSR and in that for world peace.

The American Republic will endure until the day Congress discovers that it can bribe the public with the public's money.

The politician proposed reforms to Congress.

Tom served two terms in Congress.

The President vetoed the law after Congress passed it.

Not only Esperantists, but also supporters of Esperanto may participate in the Congress.

I'm following the plans made by Congress.

He was first elected to Congress in 1948.

He began to work to get Congress to reduce taxes.

The Congress had no money.

The wartime Congress had no money.

No one liked President Buchanan's message to Congress.

Both houses of Congress approved Jefferson's proposal.

Congress refused to act.

Congress passed the proposal.

Congress rejected the request.

Congress asked for more information.

Congress did not approve the measure.

The Congress accepted the compromise.

Congress approved the plan in August 1969.

After much debate, Congress passed the bill.

Congress approved the resolution in October.

Congress finally approved Wilson's proposals.

Madison made an emotional speech in Congress.

In 1862, Congress had passed the Homestead Act.

I dreamt that Congress effected sensible tax reform to improve the lot of the working class. I then woke up in a gutter with nothing but ragged clothes and a stolen guitar to my name.

If pro is the opposite of con is the opposite of progress Congress?

In my "Agenda for urban mobility", which I am going to present to the Universal City League Congress tomorrow, I will address some of the necessary measurements.

Congress passed the bill.

Reader, suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress. But I repeat myself.

Police officers throw tear gas at protesters outside congress.

It will take an act of Congress to change that law.

The congress will offer us the oportunity to compare the results of the investigation in the European Union.

The United States Congress makes the laws.

He's represented us in Congress for years.

It's always a pleasure to participate in an Esperanto Congress.

The Indian National Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party are the most prominent political parties in India.

The President will continue to work with Congress wherever he can to keep our economy moving forward and creating jobs.

To build real, lasting economic security the President will work with Congress and act on his own to expand opportunity for all so that every American can get ahead and have a shot at creating a better life for their kids.

The President will also continue to urge Congress to raise the minimum wage to $10.10 across the nation because no one who works full-time should have to raise their family in poverty.

The President reiterated his call for Congress to pass the Paycheck Fairness Act that would strengthen the Equal Pay Act and give women more tools to fight pay discrimination.

The photo shows a group of the congress participants.

Against reformation stood chiefly and even fanatically the Marquis de Beaufront. In Geneva he took part in the congress and indignantly protested against the magazines which made use of new forms.

The hundredth World Congress of Esperanto occurred in Lille, in northern France, between the twenty-fifth of July and the first of August of 2015; it was successful and emotionally touching.

Already he had forgotten the harsh attacks on him by the Volapükists. He spoke only of the great work of his forerunner. He asked the congress to honour his name.

The Library of Congress is one of the world's largest libraries.

The Library of Congress has a Youtube channel.

When we had a cooperative Congress, we got a whole lot more done. So far, a lot of Republicans in Congress have been unwilling to act on these agenda items that I just mentioned.

When we had a cooperative Congress, we got a whole lot more done. So far, a lot of Republicans in Congress have been unwilling to act on these agenda items that I just mentioned.

If Congress ever ratifies that law, we are all doomed.

It's not every day that Congress ratifies a new amendment.

When Congress is dysfunctional, we should draw our congressional districts to encourage politicians to cater to common sense and not rigid extremes.

The Democrats lost control of Congress.

If "con" is the opposite of "pro", does it mean that Congress is the opposite of progress?

All legislative Powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress of the United States, which shall consist of a Senate and House of Representatives.

Tom announced that he will be running for a seat in Congress.

Tom is running for Congress.

The positions of eminence and authority in Congress are allotted in accordance with length of service, regardless of quality. Superficial observers have long criticized the United States for making a fetish of youth. This is unfair. Uniquely among modern organs of public and private administration, its national legislature rewards senility.

I met my girlfriend on an Esperanto congress.

World Mobile Congress.

The report from the National Academy of Sciences Committee on Exoplanet Science Strategy will be reviewed by Congress. Portions of it may be included in the final 2020-2030 Astronomy and Astrophysics Decadal Survey, which will fund the continuing search for exoplanets and the study of extraterrestrial life.

In the U.S., Veterans Day was originally called “Armistice Day,” to commemorate the end of World War I, but Congress passed a resolution in 1926 for an annual observance.

But Ocasio-Cortez isn't your average twenty-something. The New Yorker was just elected to the U.S. Congress, where she will earn an annual salary of $174,000.

Congress failed to enact any useful legislation during the entire session.

Last year's midterm elections in the United States saw a record 117 women elected to Congress.

For many Americans, June 14 comes and goes without them realizing that it is Flag Day, which commemorates the official adoption, on June 14, 1777, of the U.S. flag by the Second Continental Congress.

The Second Continental Congress governed the American colonies from 1775 to 1781.

Up until 1960, Congress continuously ordered changes in the design of the flag. Stars and stripes were added whenever a new state joined the union.

Once again Zuckerberg testifies before Congress, once more he disappoints.

In September 1789, members of America’s first Congress approached the nation’s first president, George Washington, and asked him to call for a national Thanksgiving.

That seemingly benign request ignited a furor in Congress over presidential powers and states’ rights.

Roosevelt eventually reversed his decision, and Congress ended the long national debate over Thanksgiving in 1941 by passing a law making the fourth Thursday in November a legal holiday.

Thunberg's straightforward speaking style captured the attention of world leaders, resulting in invitations to speak at several high-profile events, including at the United Nations and before the United States Congress.

I'm here to announce my candidacy for Congress.

The Library of Congress marked Black History Month with an exhibition dedicated to Rosa Parks – best known for her refusal to give up her seat to a white man on a crowded bus in Montgomery, Alabama.

The President, who spoke from the Oval Office, stopped short of resorting to an even more dramatic measure urged by some members of Congress: a national emergency proclamation under the 1976 National Emergencies Act.

Trump’s administration is seeking to get Congress to approve an infusion of as much as $850 billion into the economy, including $250 billion for small business loans, and $50 billion to bail out the country’s airlines, as part of an emergency stimulus package.

Two members of the U.S. House of Representatives announced late Wednesday they have tested positive for the coronavirus, prompting a question that once would have been unthinkable: Why can't Congress work remotely?

Wall Street had a record-setting day Tuesday with investors optimistic that economic relief from Congress for the coronavirus pandemic may be very close.

The 99th Esperanto World Congress will take place in Buenos Aires very soon.

The congress is to be held next year.

Boston, please get out now and vote for Tom Jackson for Congress, a really big deal for our country!

She convinced NASA and Congress that it was a priority to launch the most powerful space telescope the world had ever seen.

The U.S. Congress and Supreme Court want to prevent him from acquiring too many powers for himself.

We should read the following, excerpted from "Espero Katolika" (January 1921), about the 7th Congress of Catholic Esperantists: "During that congress in Graz, we will have to found a very strong international army against the powers of blind revolution, against materialist Bolshevism, dangerous anarchism, the anti-ecclesiastic action of the Freemasons, etc..." So the Catholics are already using Esperanto to oppose our activity, to prevent our liberation.

We should read the following, excerpted from "Espero Katolika" (January 1921), about the 7th Congress of Catholic Esperantists: "During that congress in Graz, we will have to found a very strong international army against the powers of blind revolution, against materialist Bolshevism, dangerous anarchism, the anti-ecclesiastic action of the Freemasons, etc..." So the Catholics are already using Esperanto to oppose our activity, to prevent our liberation.

Congress approved legislation in December 2016 to cap public spending.

On making his discovery, the astronomer had presented it to the International Astronomical Congress, in a great demonstration.

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