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united states con·gress

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  1. Congress, United States Congress, U.S. Congress, US Congressnoun

    the legislature of the United States government

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  1. united states congress

    The United States Congress is the bicameral legislative branch of the federal government of the United States, made up of two chambers: the Senate and the House of Representatives. It is responsible for making federal laws, declaring war, ratifying treaties, and exercising other powers granted to it by the U.S. Constitution. The Senate is composed of two Senators from each state, while the House of Representatives' membership is based on the population of each state.

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  1. United States Congress

    The United States Congress is the bicameral legislature of the federal government of the United States consisting of two houses: the lower house known as the House of Representatives and the upper house known as the Senate. Congress meets in the Capitol in Washington, D.C. Both representatives and senators are chosen through direct election. Congress has a total of 535 voting members: 435 members in the House of Representatives and 100 members in the Senate. Members of the House of Representatives serve two-year terms representing the people of a district. Congressional districts are apportioned to states by population using the United States Census results, each state in the union having at least one representative in the House of Representatives. Regardless of population, each of the 50 states has two senators; the 100 senators each serve a six-year term. The terms are staggered so every two years approximately one-third of the Senate is up for election. Each staggered group of one-third of the senators are called 'classes'. No state of the United States has two senators from the same class. Most incumbents seek re-election, and their historical likelihood of winning subsequent elections exceeds 90 percent. At three times since 2011, a Gallup poll reported that Congress’s approval rating amongst Americans was 10%, meaning that only 1 in 10 Americans had a great deal or quite a lot of confidence in the institution.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of united states congress in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of united states congress in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of united states congress in a Sentence

  1. Secretary Sylvia Burwell:

    If the court makes the decision that we don't have the authority to do these subsidies, then the critical decisions are going to sit with the United States Congress, and with states and governors, we will do all that we can to work with them.

  2. Steny Hoyer:

    Not only was this request disrespectful of Rep. Tlaib but of the United States Congress as well, this matter is a self-inflicted wound by one of America's closest allies, one of our closest friends, and a vibrant democracy.

  3. Bernie Sanders:

    What we did today is basically say that the United States Congress is sick and tired of abdicating its responsibility -- constitutional responsibility -- on matters of war.

  4. Rashida Tlaib:

    Its a mistake to target members of Congress because of their views or their viewpoints, i think it was a mistake initially for the president to even tweet that they should not be allowed to go to Israel. I have faith in Israels ability to listen to two members of the United States Congress. So I think its been a huge mistake.

  5. John David Dingell:

    We saw some rather great things, the President( Franklin D. Roosevelt) declared war the day after the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor( December 8, 1941). We saw Winston Churchill on the 26th of December, 1941, when he came to address United States Congress.

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