congressional
[kuh n-gresh-uh-nl, kuh ng-]
- of or relating to a congress.
- (usually initial capital letter) of or relating to the Congress of the U.S.: a Congressional committee.
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Origin of congressional
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Contemporary Examples
Or (horrors) he could reach out to congressional leaders in both parties to pursue bipartisan legislation.
She fails to appreciate the congressional and constitutional obstacles Johnson had to overcome to win passage of the bill.
After the Thursday prayer, the crowd of Congressional staff and lawmakers posed in the iconic, "Hands Up, Don't Shoot" pose.
The answer is that you flip state legislatures, since in most places, state legislatures draw the congressional district lines.
At the congressional level, and from there on down, the Democrats should just forget about the place.
Historical Examples
Now, it happened that our Congressional District was one of the closest.
Beauty and The Beast, and Tales From HomeBayard Taylor
The need was urgent, and the country could not wait for Congressional action.
Herbert HooverVernon Kellogg
Verily this is a new departure in congressional proceedings!
However, it would be possible to get Congressional aid to mark the trail.
Ox-Team Days on the Oregon TrailEzra Meeker
But Mr. Rhodes says the Congressional plan of Reconstruction was a failure.
congressional
- of or relating to a congress
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Word Origin and History for congressional
adj.
1690s, from Latin congressionem (from congressus, see congress) + -al (1). Originally sometimes reviled as barbarous, Pickering (1816) quotes an unnamed English correspondent: "The term Congress belonging to America, the Americans may employ its derivatives, without waiting for the assent of the English."
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