She's a first-term backbencher from exurban Minneapolis who says the Lord told her to run for Congress.    From Wordnik.com.  [Liberal Values] Reference

If he was an abject failure or what Mark Levin calls a backbencher, nobody would give Rush a second look.    From Wordnik.com.  [Hot Air » Top Picks] Reference

He and Ryder anticipated a different kind of backbencher, less loyal to the leadership and dogmatically opposed to Europe.    From Wordnik.com.  [Betty Bothroyd The Autobiography]

Anon - in the last year, I've earned twice as much as a councillor as a 'backbencher' by virtue of being a portfolio holder.    From Wordnik.com.  [Councillors' pay: a proposal] Reference

The head of the backbencher senator was not there.    From Wordnik.com.  [Fortune's Favorites]

This is Dennis Hastert's seat, not some backbencher!!.    From Wordnik.com.  [Democrats Win Dennis Hastert's House Seat!] Reference

And, no, being a backbencher isn't entirely pointless.    From Wordnik.com.  [Whispers Of Betrayal]

Labour backbencher David Winnick echoed this sentiment.    From Wordnik.com.  [How much longer must we wait?] Reference

Influential backbencher says he is impressed by Miliband.    From Wordnik.com.  [David Miliband wins backing of Jon Cruddas for leadership campaign] Reference

One Tory backbencher demanded English votes for English laws.    From Wordnik.com.  [Gordon Brown, Charlie Whelan and Me] Reference

Did you know a Liberal backbencher might think you're getting fat?.    From Wordnik.com.  [sirilyan Diary Entry] Reference

Amaze your friends by quickly identifying that freshman backbencher.    From Wordnik.com.  [Daily Digest: ___________ for Obama] Reference

We start with a patsy question from a Labour backbencher about housing.    From Wordnik.com.  [PMQs Live Blog] Reference

The third backbencher is said to have made 'grotesque' financial claims.    From Wordnik.com.  [Gordon Brown, Charlie Whelan and Me] Reference

The session ends with another soft-ball question from a Labour backbencher.    From Wordnik.com.  [Gordon Brown, Charlie Whelan and Me] Reference

He came to the national scene as a Congress backbencher in a Congress run by Democrats.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Apr 4, 2006] Reference

As a very confused backbencher, I find much attractive in a rather conservative fellow.    From Wordnik.com.  [Washington Post Again Hits Edwards For $400 Haircut -- In LEDE Of Story] Reference

Prime Ministers must walk through the lobby in the same way as the humblest backbencher.    From Wordnik.com.  [Betty Bothroyd The Autobiography]

The Prime Minister and backbencher held each other's eyes in a hypnotic contest of wills.    From Wordnik.com.  [Whispers Of Betrayal]

Andrew Tyrie, one of the great unsung heroes of Westminster, was backbencher of the year.    From Wordnik.com.  [Gordon Brown, Charlie Whelan and Me] Reference

But on Air Force One he was made to feel like a mere backbencher again, shown to the rear.    From Wordnik.com.  [Missing The Moment] Reference

J. Kasich (+) From obscure GOP House backbencher to high-flying deficit-hawk flock leader.    From Wordnik.com.  [Capitol Hill Year-Ender Edition] Reference

'Bout time you came round, old chum, and remembered the first duty of every backbencher. '.    From Wordnik.com.  [Whispers Of Betrayal]

A voice he had ignored long ago, contemptuously shouted down like an opposition backbencher.    From Wordnik.com.  [Boiling a Frog]

It's bad enough for a Tory backbencher to do this, but unforgivable for a government member.    From Wordnik.com.  [Damaging revelations for the Government] Reference

One backbencher (I missed who) brings up the Downing St petition calling for Brown to resign.    From Wordnik.com.  [Gordon Brown, Charlie Whelan and Me] Reference

The Prime Minister spotted the backbencher, frowned as though in reprimand, then extended an arm.    From Wordnik.com.  [Whispers Of Betrayal]

Another Labour backbencher stands up asking what "a 10 percent" cut would mean for crime figures.    From Wordnik.com.  [Gordon Brown, Charlie Whelan and Me] Reference

A Labour backbencher gave me a nice phrase to sum up the Cabinet – “all Balls and no balls”.    From Wordnik.com.  [Something a bit dainty about the Miliband technique] Reference

But I hear that another candidate is almost certain to enter the race, the backbencher Jon Cruddas.    From Wordnik.com.  [Gordon Brown, Charlie Whelan and Me] Reference

I mean, for a backbencher like Grayson to have this amount of coverage, do you think it's undercovered?.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Nov 1, 2009] Reference

So tell me about the emancipation of the fisherman Elevator, backbencher long then, in the ancestral agenda.    From Wordnik.com.  [Why is There Scientist Instead of Wisdom?] Reference

That would have been preferable to becoming a backbencher in the Commons again, if I ran for the Speakership and lost.    From Wordnik.com.  [Betty Bothroyd The Autobiography]

I think it's going to be a tough decision for him, because, you know, all -- he -- he can't just be a backbencher again.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jul 24, 2007] Reference

David Miliband's campaign for the Labour leadership has won the backing of Jon Cruddas, the influential centre-left backbencher.    From Wordnik.com.  [David Miliband wins backing of Jon Cruddas for leadership campaign] Reference

The tidy of the untruth has been held backbencher, and you will live forever; The magistrate scions have denounced and denuded deb.    From Wordnik.com.  [Why is There Scientist Instead of Wisdom?] Reference