congressional delegation
noun
: the group of officials elected to the U.S. Congress from a particular state
the state's congressional delegation
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Colorado's entire congressional delegation — four Democrats and four Republicans — along with both Democratic senators, asked the president to support the request and to issue a major disaster declaration to help the people affected by the fires and floods.
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Christa Swanson, CBS News, 21 Dec. 2025
Also unlike past change-of-command ceremonies where the audience was packed with members of the Miami-Dade congressional delegation, top State Department officials, foreign diplomats, past SOUTHCOM commanders and the secretary of defense, that was not the case Friday.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 12 Dec. 2025
Washington’s congressional delegation sent a letter to Trump the following day requesting that the president approve an emergency declaration.
—Emily Hallas, The Washington Examiner, 12 Dec. 2025
Current Democratic members of Texas' congressional delegation had been making decisions over whether and where to run ahead of Monday's deadline.
—Oren Oppenheim, ABC News, 9 Dec. 2025
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Christa Swanson, CBS News, 21 Dec. 2025
Also unlike past change-of-command ceremonies where the audience was packed with members of the Miami-Dade congressional delegation, top State Department officials, foreign diplomats, past SOUTHCOM commanders and the secretary of defense, that was not the case Friday.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 12 Dec. 2025
Washington’s congressional delegation sent a letter to Trump the following day requesting that the president approve an emergency declaration.
—Emily Hallas, The Washington Examiner, 12 Dec. 2025
Current Democratic members of Texas' congressional delegation had been making decisions over whether and where to run ahead of Monday's deadline.
—Oren Oppenheim, ABC News, 9 Dec. 2025
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