Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of or relating to a congress.
- adjective Relating to or working in the office of a member or members of a congress.
- noun A member of a congress.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of or pertaining to a congress, or, specifically (commonly with a capital), to the Congress of the United States: as, congressional debates; the“Congressional Record.”
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Of or pertaining to a congress, especially, to the Congress of the United States.
- adjective one of the divisions into which a State is periodically divided (according to population), each of which is entitled to elect a Representative to the Congress of the United States.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Of or pertaining to
Congress or acongress .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective of or relating to congress
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Examples
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Ten years earlier, “submission”—as in, submission to the states for ratification—had been the euphemism congressional drys had used in place of the scarier “Prohibition.”
LAST CALL DANIEL OKRENT 2010
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Ten years earlier, “submission”—as in, submission to the states for ratification—had been the euphemism congressional drys had used in place of the scarier “Prohibition.”
LAST CALL DANIEL OKRENT 2010
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Hence the explosion of "success stories" such as those touted by government officials in congressional testimony to justify their programs.
Janine R. Wedel: Shadow Elite : Truthiness in the Twitter Era Janine R. Wedel 2010
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IndSteveAZ says: cost of american flag hanky to clean spit dribble off lips after spitting on congressman: $1.50 cost of wire cutters to commit cowardly nightime terrorist attack against innocent congressman family: $ 5.00 cost of pen to fill in congressional form for closing down US Miltitary testimony to protect us: $3.00 cost of GOP/Fox/tea baggers/right wing radio to have national bout fest for failing to block healthcare reform:
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Hence the explosion of "success stories" such as those touted by government officials in congressional testimony to justify their programs.
Janine R. Wedel: Shadow Elite : Truthiness in the Twitter Era Janine R. Wedel 2010
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Hence the explosion of "success stories" such as those touted by government officials in congressional testimony to justify their programs.
Janine R. Wedel: Shadow Elite : Truthiness in the Twitter Era Janine R. Wedel 2010
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The confirmation came from Director of National Intelligence Dennis Blair in congressional testimony last week.
Think Progress » Beck calls Bush a ‘progressive,’ says Obama is doing ‘exactly’ the same thing. 2010
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Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano indicated in congressional testimony Tuesday that federal reviewers are considering a preemption argument.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Feds May Sue Arizona Over Immigration 2010
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A key Senate committee won't vote on its compromise health care overhaul plan before the upcoming month-long August recess, giving Republicans and some conservative Democrats their desired slowdown in congressional action on President Obama's top domestic priority.
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If I recall, NRA can sway about 3% go 5% in congressional races.
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