congressional
of or relating to a congress.
(usually initial capital letter) of or relating to the Congress of the U.S.: a Congressional committee.
Origin of congressional
1Other words from congressional
- con·gres·sion·al·ist, noun
- con·gres·sion·al·ly, adverb
- non-Con·gres·sion·al, adjective
- pre·con·gres·sion·al, adjective
- pro-Con·gres·sion·al, adjective
- un·con·gres·sion·al, adjective
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How to use congressional in a sentence
The presentation by the House impeachment managers was a demonstration, the more welcome for its rarity, of congressional conscientiousness and meticulousness.
Will Senate Republicans allow their louts to rule the party? | George Will | February 12, 2021 | Washington PostIt’s very possible, though, that opinion will shift during the congressional hearings next week.
What Americans Think About The GameStop Investors | Dhrumil Mehta (dhrumil.mehta@fivethirtyeight.com) | February 12, 2021 | FiveThirtyEightI think the trial is a waste of time and is the result of seething partisan anger on the part of congressional Democrats.
Republican senators show emotion, but little evidence of changed minds | Seung Min Kim, Karoun Demirjian | February 11, 2021 | Washington PostLast week, members of the Washington region’s congressional delegation said they plan to ask Congress to increase the amount of capital project money Metro receives from $150 million a year to $200 million a year, gradually over 10 years.
Metro seeks bond sales to raise $360 million for capital projects | Justin George | February 10, 2021 | Washington PostThose communities may, for instance, want to advocate to the state commission that they want the entire city to be part of one congressional district.
African Communities Warn Language Issues Could Shut Them Out of Redistricting | Maya Srikrishnan | February 10, 2021 | Voice of San Diego
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.
Dr. King Goes to Hollywood: The Flawed History of ‘Selma’ | Gary May | January 2, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTAfter the Thursday prayer, the crowd of congressional staff and lawmakers posed in the iconic, "Hands Up, Don't Shoot" pose.
Capitol Hill's Black Staffers Walk Out to Say ‘Hands Up, Don't Shoot!’ | Tim Mak | December 11, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe answer is that you flip state legislatures, since in most places, state legislatures draw the congressional district lines.
Now tell me: How are Democrats going to win back those legislatures so that they can start drawing congressional district lines?
One fellow appropriated a heavy volume of congressional documents, which he carried about several days.
The Boys of '61 | Charles Carleton Coffin.Bound volumes of the "congressional Record" in their original wrappers were piled in a corner.
A Hoosier Chronicle | Meredith NicholsonIn 1882 the manner of representation to the national convention was changed from congressional districts to grouping of counties.
Two Decades | Frances W. Graham and Georgeanna M. GardenierHe died in Washington years after, again a Senator, and is buried in the congressional burial ground.
Revolutionary Reader | Sophie Lee FosterPurely as a matter of a legal exhibit, a copy of this “oath” was ordered printed in the congressional Record, February 15, 1913.
The Modern Ku Klux Klan | Henry Peck Fry
British Dictionary definitions for congressional
/ (kənˈɡrɛʃənəl) /
of or relating to a congress
Derived forms of congressional
- congressionalist, noun
- congressionally, adverb
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