Congress
/ˈkɑŋ·grəs/ n [U]Definition
› politics & government the elected group of people in the US who are responsible for making the law, consisting of the Senate and the House of Representatives: Congress has rejected the president’s plan. congressional /kənˈgreʃ·ən·əl/ adj [not gradable] › a congressional committee
(Definition of Congress n from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary
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