as in congressman
a member of a senate or the U.S. Senate
Republican senators a former senator Senator Inouye
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For the vice presidential contest, every senator gets to cast a vote, meaning the party that secures the Senate majority in November would likely be the party who chooses the VP.
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Natasha Dye, People.com, 29 Oct. 2024
Had the Democrats been stronger in Arizona, Georgia, and North Carolina, the advisers thought, the Florida senator Marco Rubio might have been the pick.
—Benjamin Wallace-Wells, The New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2024
That made Bluefield’s $25.5 million grant – the largest Safe Streets grant ever awarded to a rural recipient – even sweeter when City Manager Cecil Marson got the news during a call from his senator’s office.
—Austin Fast, USA TODAY, 25 Oct. 2024
That moderate approach will make this a less pressing issue for the state’s voters, said Republican state senator Vickie Sawyer.
—Amanda Seitz, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2024
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Natasha Dye, People.com, 29 Oct. 2024
Had the Democrats been stronger in Arizona, Georgia, and North Carolina, the advisers thought, the Florida senator Marco Rubio might have been the pick.
—Benjamin Wallace-Wells, The New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2024
That made Bluefield’s $25.5 million grant – the largest Safe Streets grant ever awarded to a rural recipient – even sweeter when City Manager Cecil Marson got the news during a call from his senator’s office.
—Austin Fast, USA TODAY, 25 Oct. 2024
That moderate approach will make this a less pressing issue for the state’s voters, said Republican state senator Vickie Sawyer.
—Amanda Seitz, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2024
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“Senator.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/senator. Accessed 7 Nov. 2024.
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