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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Members of the Ohio congressional delegation – President William McKinley was from Ohio – objected over many years to requests to rename the mountain, and the board did not act on those requests. Innisfree McKinnon, The Conversation, 28 Aug. 2026 Maine’s senators, from opposite parties, agree Maine’s congressional delegation has been unusually unified for a state represented by one Republican and one independent who caucuses with Democrats. Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 27 Aug. 2026 Florida’s congressional delegation can help make that happen. Jason Collins, The Orlando Sentinel, 25 Aug. 2026 Bera, a physician and member of the House Foreign Affairs and Intelligence committees, was part of a bipartisan congressional delegation that visited Port-au-Prince last month, the first such visit in seven years. Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 20 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for congressional delegation

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“Congressional delegation.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/congressional%20delegation. Accessed 4 Sep. 2026.

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