From his 24 month journey as back-bencher to Comman. From Wordnik.com. [Amb. Marc Ginsberg: Obama's Foreign Policy: A Grand Century of Days -- Light Years Away from Bush] Reference
She's just another do-nothing, lightweight, back-bencher. From Wordnik.com. [OH-18: Joy Padgett, Bob Ney's Handpicked Successor, Smeared Victim of Hostage Drama] Reference
So I think the bottom line is, he's not some back-bencher. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Oct 2, 2006] Reference
I mean, he's going to be a back-bencher on the minority side. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 23, 2009] Reference
THE CASUALTIES MOUNT Contemplating life as a back-bencher again. From Wordnik.com. [Gridlock]
It was left to a Tory back-bencher, therefore, to raise the issue. From Wordnik.com. [The ministers must lie] Reference
But, the days of being a back-bencher and biding you time are over. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript - Larry King Live: Will Hillary Clinton Make a Good Senator? - January 3, 2001] Reference
Nope it came from visiting Tory back-bencher, like that was a secret. From Wordnik.com. [Summer of Love: MHAs continue gifts of public money] Reference
Grant, failed businessman; Winston Churchill, scribbling back-bencher. From Wordnik.com. [Close Up: The Mind of George W. Bush] Reference
Aside from his job, what's the character of your typical back-bencher?. From Wordnik.com. [Various Aspects of the Ottawa Scene] Reference
Remember, he was a back-bencher in Congress and missed a LOT of votes. From Wordnik.com. [Guv fires back] Reference
Phoolan, the most controversial back-bencher of his new governing bloc. From Wordnik.com. [India's Bandit Queen] Reference
Mind you, I don't want to build up the back-bencher into a Sir Galahad. From Wordnik.com. [Various Aspects of the Ottawa Scene] Reference
A left-wing back-bencher in Parliament in 1640, he was — one of the Vane-St. From Wordnik.com. [War Game]
Watson went off and fixed lunch with a back-bencher who owed him a favour or two. From Wordnik.com. [Final Resting Place of The Pen] Reference
On the following Monday the back-bencher put the Foreign Secretary to the question. From Wordnik.com. [Final Resting Place of The Pen] Reference
Besides, Hastert will be a fat, whiney irrelevant back-bencher in a few days anyway. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » House Republicans pushing ‘Minority Bill of Rights,’] Reference
The admin. left it to a back-bencher like Grayson to call the liars out in public!!??. From Wordnik.com. [Matthew Yglesias » Where’s the Fight?] Reference
Make him an irrelevant back-bencher, living out the rest of his term in the minority. From Wordnik.com. [What if Lieberman Leaves? - Swampland - TIME.com] Reference
This is not some back-bencher talking -- the chairman of the Ways and Means Committee. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Nov 10, 2001] Reference
Ms. Royal was a relative back-bencher when she decided to run for president two years ago. From Wordnik.com. [French Socialists Battle to Lead Party in Comeback Bid] Reference
At that time, he was a friendly but powerless back-bencher known to all as simply "Melvin.". From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-12-01] Reference
I think that John has been a very loyal back-bencher and has developed some excellent ideas. From Wordnik.com. [Crunchtime for the Tories] Reference
His opponent's political résumé was a lot thinner, with only two back-bencher terms in the House. From Wordnik.com. [2008: A Watershed Election?] Reference
I hope his ambitions won't preclude a further memoir of the adventures of a Westminster back-bencher. From Wordnik.com. [News Junkies] Reference
I bet the congressman wants to go back to being an unknown back-bencher after Cavuto eviscerated him. From Wordnik.com. [Rep. Alan Grayson Gets Confronted By Griff Jenkins From The O’Reilly Factor - DavidS1787’s blog - RedState] Reference
He wanted it known that he did have these connections, that he wasnt some kind of rube out there, back-bencher. From Wordnik.com. [Finding The Root Of Anti-Gay Sentiment In Uganda] Reference
Then he became an MP, only to find that as a back-bencher and a greatly disliked one at that, he had no role to play. From Wordnik.com. [A New Mayor for London] Reference
This is the kind of thing you expect to hear on the floor of the House from some insignificant, partisan back-bencher. From Wordnik.com. [Bush planned the economic crisis for partisan GOP gain.] Reference
He was a humble, modest back-bencher who worked for years on projects of surpassing significance that no one knew about. From Wordnik.com. [Living the 7 Habits] Reference
Many have pegged Bachmann as the next Palin, but at some point she needs to be more than just a back-bencher in the House. From Wordnik.com. [The Fix's 11 big questions for 2011] Reference
Labour back-bencher Chris Schacht said that the Australian government should consider re-imposing the sports ban within weeks. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
It has been left largely to the likes of shadow procurement minister Gerald Howarth and back-bencher Ann Winterton to make the running. From Wordnik.com. [Dereliction of duty] Reference
But if he does stay, it better be as a back-bencher. From Wordnik.com. [Connecticut Local Politics] Reference
Souter was a "back-bencher" on the nations highest bench. From Wordnik.com. [Hot Air » Top Picks] Reference
The latest broadside came not from opposition ranks but from a BN back-bencher in Parliament yesterday. From Wordnik.com. [SARA - Southeast Asian RSS Aggregator] Reference
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