adjective

• 1Belonging or relating to a national legislative body, especially that of the US.

  ‘the document surfaced in a congressional hearing last year’

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  • ‘our congressional correspondent is standing by’
  • ‘A news media event was followed by a congressional staff briefing.’
  • ‘The former chairperson had fought numerous congressional attempts to cut funding to the agency.’
  • ‘We had the distinct pleasure of hosting our congressional representative, who presented the check.’
  • ‘Sufficient congressional support for additional income support appears secure.’
  • ‘Congressional defenders of the farm program take strong issue with this decision.’
  • ‘She is a former congressional lawyer and now a government ethics expert at Washington University.’
  • ‘The vice president voted against congressional resolutions in the 1980s calling for the release of Mandela.’
  • ‘Congressional investigators are starting to re-examine the entire matter.’
  • ‘The overseas invasion is poised to draw attention away from failed domestic policies, the stock market plunge, and tense congressional contests.’
  • ‘Domestic security is now a distant fifth in the list of top issues in the upcoming congressional races.’

• 2Relating to a formal meeting or series of meetings between delegates.

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  • ‘the congressional agricultural committees’