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/kənˈɡɹɛʃənəɫ/
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[ UK /kənɡɹˈɛʃənəl/ ]
[ UK /kənɡɹˈɛʃənəl/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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of or relating to congress
congressional hearing
How To Use congressional In A Sentence
- And thus the Washington Post column on David's congressional testimony, where he is described "hunched" and said to have "barked," "growled" and "snarled" -- language you would use to describe an animal. Humanizing al Qaeda, Demonizing the Bush Team
- MR. BELL: Well, we have informed the Congress that the part one agreement already rose to the threshold, if you will, of representing a change to the treaty -- what we call a substantive modification -- and therefore, would require congressional approval. Briefing By Robert Bell On Helsinki Agreements
- In a bold response, Congressional leaders added a measure to the energy bill raising fuel economy by one mile per gallon.
- I could have won the Congressional Medal of Honor.
- That de Rugy has testified before Congress on the basis of her evidence, and never paused to consider why the top five congressional districts on her list overlap with Sacramento, Albany, Austin, Tallahassee and Harrisburg, is mind-boggling. The Volokh Conspiracy » Is Stimulus Funding Political?
- Under congressional dicta, an individual must meet specific criteria to be a member of the U.S. Armed Forces and binds himself, via contract, to certain obligations.
- One hint could have been that his nomination brought immediate praise from both industry groups and Congressional republicans) and the topper of them all Bush sicophant Stephen Johnson (who famously sided with Buah and big industry in hampering states from enforcing higher greenhouse emmision standards and stifling his own Depts requests and reports on environmental problems). Think Progress » ThinkFast: January 8, 2010
- Congressional nominees are selected in party conventions, unless no candidate gets more than 60 percent of the vote there.
- 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.
- Furthermore, women also favor Democratic congressional candidates over Republicans by a 15-point margin.