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the highest lawmaking body of a political unit the national emergency required a special session of congress

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Recent Examples of congress One reader asked: How many GOP congress members face midterm elections in '26? Rebecca Morin, USA Today, 9 May 2025 Infantino confirmed in an address to UEFA’s annual congress in Belgrade that the U.S., probably alongside other Concacaf members, had a clear path to stage the event. Samindra Kunti, Forbes.com, 3 Apr. 2025 Our democracy, our congress, and our federal judiciary face profound and unprecedented challenges. Justice Lubbie Harper, Hartford Courant, 29 Apr. 2025 Together with an ever-expanding group of supporters, this odd couple began holding annual congresses to build momentum for the Zionist movement among global Jewry. Kathryn Schulz, New Yorker, 28 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for congress
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  • He's succeeded not just in winning four consecutive elections but also implementing his agenda, backed by a supermajority in parliament.
    Leila Fadel, NPR, 29 May 2025
  • The Monarch just addressed Canada’s parliament about threats to the country as his son Prince Harry visited China.
    StyleCaster Editors, StyleCaster, 29 May 2025
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  • Similar discussions are occurring in more than a dozen states, including Maryland, Illinois, California, New York, Minnesota and Colorado, according to interviews with organizers and recordings of the meetings.
    Hannah Allam, ProPublica, 31 May 2025
  • He was arrested in northern Virginia, after allegedly arranging an additional drop at a prearranged meeting place.
    Sophie Clark, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 May 2025
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  • About one-third of Americans still believed the election was stolen from Trump in Sept. 2023 and a majority of the believers are Republican, according to a survey of about 2,500 adults from the nonprofit, nonpartisan organization Public Religion Research Institute.
    Kayla Jimenez, USA Today, 23 May 2025
  • Lead by Experimentation: Signal to your organization that learning matters more than immediate perfection.
    Kathleen Walch, Forbes.com, 23 May 2025
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  • The reality, however, looks a lot different: People of all ages, racial and ethnic backgrounds, and sexes can and do develop them.
    Amy Norton, SELF, 27 May 2025
  • Rates for other sexes or gender identities are not available because that information is not included on death certificates, according to the state health department.
    Erica Zurek, Twin Cities, 19 May 2025
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  • Two opposition party members in the Korean legislature also revealed plans to introduce a bill, tentatively named the Lee Sun-kyun Prevention Act, to increase the legal protections of suspects’ privacy during investigations.
    Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 21 May 2025
  • Hunter has testified in the state legislature in support California Senate Bill 989, also known as Joanna’s Law in honor of his sister.
    Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 21 May 2025
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  • In another time, the Bitcoin 2025 convention at Las Vegas’ Venetian hotel casino last week might have been most memorable for its cringeworthy moments.
    Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 2 June 2025
  • But the 2028 presidential race was not the focus of this year’s California Democratic Party convention.
    Seema Mehta, Los Angeles Times, 1 June 2025
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  • In December 2023, the organization sued the city over another panhandling ordinance that applied to the downtown core — an ordinance that had been declared unconstitutional in 2017, according to a press release from the institute.
    Vivienne Serret, Miami Herald, 28 May 2025
  • The $34 million in private funds will be used to endow the various components of the new institute.
    Michael T. Nietzel, Forbes.com, 21 May 2025
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  • American society and our relations with other societies are driven by the competition/conflict choice.
    Letters to the Editor, Orlando Sentinel, 4 Jan. 2025
  • Insiders describe relations between her and brother Santo as tense and combative.
    Mattia Dognini, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Jan. 2025

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“Congress.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/congress. Accessed 6 Jun. 2025.

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