Congressional
[kən'ɡreʃənəl] or [kən'ɡrɛʃənl]
Definition
(adj.) of or relating to congress; 'congressional hearing' .
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Definition
(a.) Of or pertaining to a congress, especially, to the Congress of the United States; as, congressional debates.
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Examples
- It was a profound utterance as anyone can testify who reads, let us say, the Congressional Record. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- He knew almost enough of the people in it by their Christian names, to form an ordinary congressional district. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- The next day I left St. Louis for Mattoon, Illinois, where I was to muster in the regiment from that congressional district. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- If I had to choose between a Congressional caucus and a coalition ministry, I should not have to hesitate very long. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- That congressional district stands credited at the War Department to-day with furnishing more men for the army than it was called on to supply. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Politics, as the contributors to the Congressional Record seem to understand it, is a very limited selection of well-worn debates on a few arbitrarily chosen problems. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- They were assembled at the most convenient railroad centres in their respective congressional districts. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
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