resident commissioner

noun

1
: a nonvoting representative of a dependency in the U.S. House of Representatives
2
: a resident administrator in a British colony or possession

Examples of resident commissioner in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The billboards are in protest of the Partido Nuevo Progresista (New Progressive Party), one of the major political parties in Puerto Rico that traces back to 1967 and currently holds both the seat of the governor and of the resident commissioner. Jessica Roiz, Billboard, 26 Sep. 2024 Puerto Rico’s resident commissioner, who sits in Congress, has advocated for funding equity but lacks full voting power to sway change. Mariela Torres Cintrón, STAT, 21 Feb. 2024 The statistics don’t include those delegates and the resident commissioner for Puerto Rico, who cannot vote on the final passing of bills but are members of Congress. Kevin Freking, Fortune, 12 Feb. 2024 The term of the last resident commissioner, Louis Jackson, expired on Sept. 30. Joseph Flaherty, arkansasonline.com, 22 Nov. 2023 Puerto Rico is served by a resident commissioner, who is elected every four years. Harmeet Kaur, CNN, 27 Sep. 2022 The island only has one representative in Congress, Republican Jenniffer González-Colón, a resident commissioner who can't vote. Theara Coleman, The Week, 24 Dec. 2022 There is also a resident commissioner from the US territory of Puerto Rico. Anna Kaufman, USA TODAY, 3 Oct. 2022 The resident commissioner gains the right to vote in committee via an amendment to the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1970. CNN, 9 Dec. 2021

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Word History

First Known Use

1902, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of resident commissioner was in 1902

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“Resident commissioner.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/resident%20commissioner. Accessed 15 Oct. 2024.

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