Definitions for Congressional
kənˈgrɛʃ ə nl, kəŋ-con·gres·sion·al

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1. congressionaladjective

   of or relating to congress

   "congressional hearing"

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1. congressionaladjective

   Of or pertaining to Congress or a congress.

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1. congressional

   A congress is a formal meeting of the representatives of different countries, constituent states, organizations, trade unions, political parties, or other groups. The term originated in Late Middle English to denote an encounter (meeting of adversaries) during battle, from the Latin congressus.

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1. Congressionaladjective

   of or pertaining to a congress, especially, to the Congress of the United States; as, congressional debates

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Congressional in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Congressional in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of Congressional in a Sentence

1. President Barack Obama:

   Right now the opponents of this deal have been flooding congressional offices, there are 20 million ads [[checking quote]] up right now in districts to put pressure on members of Congress. And they are feeling it.

2. Erick Erickson:

   If Republicans cave, I mean, this would be more the end of the Republican Party than Donald Trump, because going back to Ronald Reagan's election in 1980, the Supreme Court has been the issue of the Republican Party. It comes up in every presidential campaign, every Congressional campaign, every even numbered year. If the Republicans were then to say this year - after years of saying, 'The Supreme Court hangs in the balance, you must vote Republican' - 'Hey, we're going to go through with this,' it would be game over.

3. Rick Hasen:

   Whichever way congress would go in trying to amend Voting Rights Advancement Act and reestablish some form of preclearance, it's going to have a Supreme Court where at least some members are going to be extremely skeptical of congressional power in this area.

4. Burdett Loomis:

   Since he was a man of the Congress, a legislator, I think getting this award from the Congress is extraordinarily important -- that’s who he was, he was someone who wanted to pass laws, legislate and support the congressional branch of government, which he did admirably, in that sense, to be rewarded by your peers with this award is especially significant.

5. Evan Lukaske:

   Once again Claudia Tenney has demonstrated how completely unfit Claudia Tenney is to serve in Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, tenney’s comments are unhinged, shameful and disgusting, and show why voters will replace Claudia Tenney next November.

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