Example sentences for: rostenkowski

How can you use “rostenkowski” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • The strongest sign that he will accomplish this task was buried on Page A12 of Monday's New York Times . In a story about who deserves credit for balancing the budget, Rostenkowski was quoted as saying, "George Bush had as much to do with reaching out to balance the budget as anybody I know.

  • Well-versed in the ways of Washington, Rostenkowski knows that for someone in his position, quotation is more important than contrition.

  • For Rostenkowski, who is referred to only as "the Illinois Democrat who headed the Ways and Means Committee in 1990," being treated by the Times as an authority on politics, rather than as a news story himself, marks a giant step.

  • Bennett's most conspicuous failure--his only conspicuous failure, in fact--was his defense of former Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dan Rostenkowski, who is now serving time for ripping off the House Post Office and gift shop.

  • The problem was that in the midst of pre-indictment machinations in the Rostenkowski case, a bigger client came along in the shape of the president, who hired the much-touted Bennett when his reputation for genius was at its highest.


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