congress

congress
I
(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)
n. assembly, legislature, parliament; meeting, convention; intercourse. See assemblage, council, conversation.
II
(Roget's IV) n. [ Often capital C ]
Syn. parliament, deliberative assembly, legislative body; see committee , government 2 , legislature .
III
(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) n.
assembly, council, association, conference, delegation, legislature, legislative body, government, committee, caucus, session, Parliament, Senate, House of Representatives, Capitol Hill. ''The great commanding theatre . . .''—Thomas Jefferson.
WORD FIND
• assistant party leader in House or Senate: whip
• break: recess
• committee that sets rules for debate on bills: Rules Committee
• debate’s time-limiting process: cloture
• influencing of member by special interest group: lobbying
• House of Commons: lower legislative house of British Parliament
• House of Lords: upper legislative house of British Parliament
• House: U.S. House of Representatives
• kill or remove a bill from consideration: table a bill
• legislative house: chamber
• meeting of House and Senate: joint session
• member: congressman, senator, representative, legislator, statesman
• messenger/*gofer of: page
• minimum member attendance necessary to transact business: quorum
• newly elected member: freshman
• official controlling access, maintaining order: sergeant at arms
• presides in House of Representatives: Speaker of the House
• presides in Senate after Vice President: president pro tempore
• proposed legislation: bill
• Senate: upper legislative body of U.S. Congress
• speaking and work area of: floor
• speech, long-winded: filibuster
• transcript of daily debates, votes, House and Senate: Congressional Record
IV
(Roget's Thesaurus II) noun 1. A formal assemblage of the members of a group: assembly, conference, convention, convocation, meeting. See ASSEMBLE. 2. A number of persons who have come or been gathered together: assemblage, body, company, conclave, conference, congregation, convention, convocation, crowd, gathering, group, meeting, muster, troop. Informal: get-together. See COLLECT. 3. A group of people united in a relationship and having some interest, activity, or purpose in common: association, club, confederation, federation, fellowship, fraternity, guild, league, order, organization, society, sorority, union. See GROUP.

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