Noun

congress (plural congresses)

  1. (archaic) A coming-together of two or more people; a meeting.
    • 1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, New York Review of Books, 2001, p. 48:
      After some little repast, he went to see Democritus [...]. The multitude stood gazing round about to see the congress.
  2. A formal gathering or assembly; a conference held to discuss or decide on a specific question.
  3. (often capitalized: Congress) A legislative body of a state, originally the bicameral legislature of the United States of America.
  4. An association, especially one consisting of other associations or representatives of interest groups.
    The National Congress of American Indians
  5. Sexual intercourse.

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From Wiktionary under the GNU Free Documentation License.
Thu Aug 26 11:41:27 2010

A congress is a formal meeting of the representatives of different nations, constituent states, independent organizations (such as trade unions), or groups.

The term was chosen for the United States Congress to emphasize the status of each state represented there as a self-governing unit. Subsequent to the use of congress by the US legislature, the term has been adopted by many states within unions, and by unitary nation-states in the Americas, to refer to their legislatures.

Political congress

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Thu Sep 2 18:48:47 2010

How does the Congress organize itself, and what are some of the important powers and functions it exercises?
Q. In addition, how are bills processed through Congress and how do they become laws? Be sure to consider the politics of these processes as well as their procedural aspects.
Asked by Fahad A - Sun Dec 20 09:08:22 2009 - - 1 Answers - 0 Comments

A. An excellent source of information about the Congress of the United States is the Library of Congress website at The Legislature (the Congress) is one of three branches of the Federal Government, which are designed to act as "checks and balances" on each other, so that no one branch can dominate government of the people. The other two Branches are the Executive (the President) and the Judiciary (the Supreme Court and other Federal courts). The Congress is organized into two Chambers, the House of Representative and the Senate. Members of the House are elected every two years and each Member represents approximately the same number of people for a total of 435 Representatives. Members of the Senate are elected every six years and… [cont.]
Answered by Lia - Sun Dec 20 12:10:19 2009

What did congress exchange for letting bhopal gas leaker anderson out?
Q. In Kandahar episode, terrorist were exchanged for aircraft hostages! Thus citizens of India were saved; but congress party after arranging to kill more than 15000 people and injuring innumerable people, allowed the murderer anderson to escape, in which operation, the entire democratic pillars, viz, the legislature (politicians), executive and judiciary were involved; aren't you getting scintillated by the action of the democratic congress government.
Asked by M - Thu Jun 10 09:08:04 2010 - - 4 Answers - 0 Comments

A. A tooop secret big mooolah bundle in Swwwizzz Baaank, oh plzzz doont let the cat out for Gods sake
Answered by Dagdu1993 - Fri Jun 11 04:18:39 2010

What was the Government and in particular Congress Party doing?
Q. Mahatma and the Congress Party are synonymous .The Government of the day is also controlled by the Congress. Have they failed in their duties to procure the Mahatmas belongings?One months salary of all the Congress MPs and MLAs across India could have stopped the auction. Any takers? Where are the Patriotic congress leaders?
Asked by myboloonga - Mon Mar 9 06:43:54 2009 - - 6 Answers - 0 Comments

A. Congress has never followed single principal of Gandhiji. They use the name of Gandhiji only when the election comes or they are in trouble. How Vijay Mallaya exposed Congress, that not only India but whole world knows. Even though Congress does not have the shame.How you are seeing the dream that Congress MPs & MLAs will donate one month salary. Theses congressian are most corrupted in India and if they will donate one month salary, they will reimburse 10 times of it with in 24 hours by any means. Do not expect patriotism from Congresse, they are the sellers of India for getting power.
Answered by R Shah - Mon Mar 9 13:08:23 2009

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