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Congressmen :: Congressmen (pl. ) of Congressma.

Represent :: Represent (v. t.) To stand in the place of; to supply the place, perform the duties, exercise the rights, or receive the share, of; to speak and act with authority in behalf of; to act the part of (another); as, an heir represents his ancestor; an attorney represents his client in court; a member of Congress represents his district in Congress..

Enter :: Enter (v. t.) To deposit for copyright the title or description of (a book, picture, map, etc.); as, entered according to act of Congress..

Present :: Present (a.) Now existing, or in process; begun but not ended; now in view, or under consideration; being at this time; not past or future; as, the present session of Congress; the present state of affairs; the present instance..

Passage :: Passage (v. i.) In parliamentary proceedings: (a) The course of a proposition (bill, resolution, etc.) through the several stages of consideration and action; as, during its passage through Congress the bill was amended in both Houses. (b) The advancement of a bill or other proposition from one stage to another by an affirmative vote; esp., the final affirmative action of the body upon a proposition; hence, adoption; enactment; as, the passage of the bill to its third reading was delayed..

Congressional :: Congressional (a.) Of or pertaining to a congress, especially, to the Congress of the United States; as, congressional debates..

Ratio :: Ratio (n.) Hence, fixed relation of number, quantity, or degree; rate; proportion; as, the ratio of representation in Congress..

Eisteddfod :: Eisteddfod (n.) Am assembly or session of the Welsh bards; an annual congress of bards, minstrels and literati of Wales, -- being a patriotic revival of the old custom..

Congressive :: Congressive (a.) Encountering, or coming together..

Confederate :: Confederate (a.) Of or pertaining to the government of the eleven Southern States of the United States which (1860-1865) attempted to establish an independent nation styled the Confederate States of America; as, the Confederate congress; Confederate money..

Congress :: Congress (n.) The lower house of the Spanish Cortes, the members of which are elected for three years..

Sit :: Sit (v. t.) To occupy a place or seat as a member of an official body; as, to sit in Congress..

Congress :: Congress (n.) The coming together of a male and female in sexual commerce; the act of coition.

Congressman :: Congressman (n.) A member of the Congress of the United States, esp. of the House of Representatives..

Call :: Call (v. t.) To invite or command to meet; to convoke; -- often with together; as, the President called Congress together; to appoint and summon; as, to call a meeting of the Board of Aldermen..

District :: District (n.) A division of territory; a defined portion of a state, town, or city, etc., made for administrative, electoral, or other purposes; as, a congressional district, judicial district, land district, school district, etc..

Run :: Run (v. i.) To cause to stand as a candidate for office; to support for office; as, to run some one for Congress..

Delegate :: Delegate (n.) One elected by the people of a territory to represent them in Congress, where he has the right of debating, but not of voting..

Amphictyons :: Amphictyons (n. pl.) Deputies from the confederated states of ancient Greece to a congress or council. They considered both political and religious matters.

House :: House (n.) One of the estates of a kingdom or other government assembled in parliament or legislature; a body of men united in a legislative capacity; as, the House of Lords; the House of Commons; the House of Representatives; also, a quorum of such a body. See Congress, and Parliament..

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