Sentences with phrase «upper house despite»

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«Daily Show» host Jon Stewart lavished praise on Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand last night, calling her «instrumental» in passing several major bills — from a 9/11 health care act to the repeal of «Don't Ask, Don't Tell» — despite spending just two years in the upper house.

Failure to reform the Lords, despite the Commons voting for a 100 % elected upper house, is just one of Labour's long list of missed opportunities.

But Focus will need to make some nifty marketing moves to reach them; despite the age and appeal of the cast, the dialogue is often expressed in a kind of stylized formality, while art house touches like a scene backdropped by «Ave Maria» and an upper - crust manor setting can belie the film's quicker, looser rhythms.