congressman
noun
con·gress·man
ˈkäŋ-(g)rəs-mən 
: a member of a congress
especially
: a member of the U.S. House of Representatives
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a former congressman who is now a senator
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Curtis, who has a background in computer programming, claimed in a documentary that a Florida congressman asked him to create vote-rigging software.
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Nicole Nixon, Sacbee.com, 16 May 2025
Earlier in May, eight Republican congressmen wrote to Johnson warning about the repercussions for their constituents should any bill reduce access to one of the nation's most popular government programs.
—Hugh Cameron, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 May 2025
Hours later, former Mexican congressman Luis Armando Cordova Diaz was shot dead in a cafe.
—Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 15 May 2025
The video aired Tuesday on the One America News Network, on a show hosted by former US Republican congressman Matt Gaetz.
—Ana Melgar, CNN Money, 14 May 2025
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Nicole Nixon, Sacbee.com, 16 May 2025
Earlier in May, eight Republican congressmen wrote to Johnson warning about the repercussions for their constituents should any bill reduce access to one of the nation's most popular government programs.
—Hugh Cameron, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 May 2025
Hours later, former Mexican congressman Luis Armando Cordova Diaz was shot dead in a cafe.
—Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 15 May 2025
The video aired Tuesday on the One America News Network, on a show hosted by former US Republican congressman Matt Gaetz.
—Ana Melgar, CNN Money, 14 May 2025
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congressman
noun
con·gress·man
ˈkäŋ-grəs-mən
: a member of a congress
especially
: a member of the U.S. House of Representatives
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