back-bencher

A few days later, Grayson, a Democratic back-bencher from Florida, said the Republicans 'health care plan was to have sick patients "die quickly."

Turn off the cameras in Congress 2009

I hope his ambitions won't preclude a further memoir of the adventures of a Westminster back-bencher.

News Junkies 2010

In France's 2007 presidential elections, Mr. Strauss-Kahn lost the party's presidential primaries to a back-bencher, who went on to lose to Nicolas Sarkozy.

Controversies Keep Politician in the Spotlight David Gauthier-Villars 2011

We're entering a new world, in which a back-bencher in the House like Bachmann or a little-known Senate candidate like Sharron Angle or Christine O'Donnell can build a significant national profile and use the small-dollar fundraising power of the Internet to raise gobs of money that he or she wouldn't have been able to come close to a decade ago.

Gingrich, Pence and Bachmann could beat history Aaron Blake 2011

• For Gingrich, attacks on Romney come with a risk – Associated PressPlowing through New Hampshire before Tuesday's primary, Gingrich is indulging an innate sharp edge that has won him attention - and enemies - from his days as a back-bencher in the House in the 1980s.

New Hampshire primary - live: Mitt Romney fends off attacks 2012

As for the history, Newt was new to Washington and had been in Congress two years, a back-bencher, when Reagan was sworn in.

The GOP Takes a Wild Ride Peggy Noonan 2012

The admin. left it to a back-bencher like Grayson to call the liars out in public!!??

Matthew Yglesias » Where’s the Fight? 2009

He wanted it known that he did have these connections, that he wasnt some kind of rube out there, back-bencher.

Finding The Root Of Anti-Gay Sentiment In Uganda 2010

He wanted it known that he did have these connections, that he wasnt some kind of rube out there, back-bencher.

Finding The Root Of Anti-Gay Sentiment In Uganda 2010

He wanted it known that he did have these connections, that he wasnt some kind of rube out there, back-bencher.

Finding The Root Of Anti-Gay Sentiment In Uganda 2010