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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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, USA TODAY, 8 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, Chicago Tribune, 7 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
  • Biden’s plagiarism recalled his flat-out theft of a speech by far-left British parliamentarian Neil Kinnock in 1987.
    Deroy Murdock, National Review, 7 June 2019
  • Minutes before, one parliamentarian likened the moment to the historic drive of Bertha Benz in 1888 that launched the modern era of the automobile, and later gave birth to Mercedes-Benz.
    Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 28 May 2021
  • The parliamentarian’s review has been under way and could drag into the weekend.
    Andrew Duehren, WSJ, 4 Aug. 2022
  • 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

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