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- DictionaryCon·gress/ˈkäNGɡrəs/
noun
- 1. a national legislative body, especially that of the US. The US Congress, which meets at the Capitol in Washington, D.C., was established by the Constitution of 1787 and is composed of the Senate and the House of Representatives: "changes in taxation required the approval of Congress"
- 2. a formal meeting or series of meetings for discussion between delegates, especially those from a political party or labor union or from within a particular discipline: "an international congress of mathematicians"
The United States Congress is the national federal legislative body of the United States of America. Congress is divided into two bodies: the House of Representatives and the Senate. The...
The United States Congress is the bicameral legislature of the United States of America's federal government. It consists of two houses, the Senate and the House of Representatives, with members chosen through direct election. Click on the map below to find your state's congressional delegation. VT NH MA RI CT NJ DE MD DC. Overview.
a large meeting of the members of one or more organizations: an international congress on art history. Congress. the group of people who make laws in the United States. Congress consists of the Senate and the House of Representatives. (Definition of congress from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
Congress of the United States, Legislature of the U.S., separated structurally from the executive and judicial ( see judiciary) branches of government. Established by the Constitution of the United States, it succeeded the unicameral congress created by the Articles of Confederation (1781).
1775–. The national legislative body of the United States of America (as a continuous institution, and as a body existing for two years, after which a new ‘congress’ is elected; also the session of this body).
The Congress, whenever two thirds of both Houses shall deem it necessary, shall propose Amendments to this Constitution, or, on the Application of the Legislatures of two thirds of the several States, shall call a Convention for proposing Amendments, which, in either Case, shall be valid to all Intents and Purposes, as Part of this Constitution, when ratified by the Legislatures of three ...
6a. The Powers of Congress. In 1789, Federal Hall in New York City became the home of the first U.S. Congress. By 1790, Congress moved to the new capital of Philadelphia. At its creation in 1789, the legislative branch was the most innovative.
