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Yarmuth was the only member of Kentucky's congressional delegation who voted in support of the resolution. — Lucas Aulbach, The Courier-Journal, "Yarmuth: Kentucky Republicans are 'going to have to live' with support of Trump's racism," 17 July 2019 Earlier this week, a congressional delegation reported on the conditions at a detention facility in El Paso, Texas, according to The Washington Post. — Nara Schoenberg, chicagotribune.com, "What’s so great about soap? It saves lives, says leader of aid organization that’s trying to deliver 500,000 bars to migrant detention centers," 3 July 2019 Border Patrol officials had confiscated the phones of a visiting congressional delegation, but Castro captured pictures and videos anyway. — Nicholas Wu, USA TODAY, "'You're a white supremacist, Laura': Joaquin Castro and Laura Ingraham feud over migrant detention," 3 July 2019 Norcross visited Yucca Mountain last summer as part of a congressional delegation. — Susan Schmidt, ProPublica, "Meet the Congressman Defending Questionable Tax Breaks for a Company Connected to His Rich Brother," 2 July 2019 Customs gave journalists a tour of the Clint Border Station on June 26, and a congressional delegation headed there Monday. — Garance Burke, Twin Cities, "Migrant girl tells MN lawyer of poor care in Texas border station," 1 July 2019 Census numbers are used to help determine how federal money is spent and the size of each state's congressional delegation. — Dana Hedgpeth, Anchorage Daily News, "Census and tribal leaders push for Native American participation in 2020 census," 14 June 2019 Other lawmakers, such as the entire New Jersey congressional delegation, have written to Shanahan to defend the projects in their state. — Robert Burns, The Seattle Times, "Lawmakers denounce plan to divert military money for wall," 26 Mar. 2019 The repeal push is led by members of California's Republican congressional delegation and GOP gubernatorial candidate John Cox. — Alexei Koseff, sacbee, "What you need to know about California's gas tax repeal initiative," 25 June 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'delegation.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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