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congress 1. a meeting or conference, esp of representatives of a number of sovereign states 2. a national legislative assembly Congress 1. the bicameral federal legislature of the US, consisting of the House of Representatives and the Senate 2. this body during any two-year term 3. (in India) a major political party, which controlled the Union government from 1947 to 1977 |
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All legislative Powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress of the United States, which shall consist of a Senate and House of Representatives. From another quarter, and sometimes from the same quarter, on another occasion, the cry is that the Congress will be but a shadow of a representation, and that the government would be far less objectionable if the number and the expense were doubled. It is not yet forgotten that well-grounded apprehensions of imminent danger induced the people of America to form the memorable Congress of 1774. |
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